Positive psychotherapy (PPT) contrasts with standard interventions for depression by increasing positive emotion, engagement, and meaning rather than directly targeting depressive symptoms. The authors have tested the effects of these interventions in a variety of settings. In informal student and clinical settings, people not uncommonly reported them to be "life-changing." Delivered on the Web...

objectives: multiple sclerosis is one of the most important and prevalent central nervous system diseases, causing disorders such as depression among affected patients. positive psychotherapy is also a new approach that can be effective in reducing the depression of these people. this study aims to investigate the efficiency of group positive psychotherapy for decreasing the depression among fe...

objective: aim of this experimental study is evaluating the effectiveness of two different approaches towards the treatment of major depressive disorder (mdd): positive-oriented psychotherapy and group cognitive-behavior therapy. methods: eighteen out-patients suffering from major depression were randomly divided into two groups to be treated according to either of these two approaches. both gr...

objective: the present study aimed to investigate the effects of group positive psychotherapy on increasing the happiness of mothers of children with cochlear implants.  methods: this study was a quasi-experimental research with pretest-posttest, a control group, and a 75-day follow-up design. a total of 20 mothers of children with cochlear implants treated in baqiyatallah hospital of tehran ci...

Background: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common neurological diseases that severely affects the patients‘ quality of sleep. Objectives: This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of reality therapy and positive psychotherapy on sleep quality in women with MS. Materials & Methods: The research method was quasi-experimental with a pre-test, post-test design and a control group....