efficacy psychodrama the on reducing depression in infertile women

purpose: the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of psychodrama in reducing depression in infertile women. method: research method was, quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and study population, women referring to infertility clinic khoramabade nasim, with at least two years of infertility. among them, 30 people volunteered and were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. both groups during the pre-test, post-test and follow-up to the second quarter of beck depression inventory-revised. for the experimental group, ten 2-hour group therapy sessions, conducted once a week, but the control group received no intervention. to analyze the data, descriptive statistics were used analysis of ancova. findings: results showed that the experimental group at risk of depression therapy were compared with the control group significantly (p<0/001). these results were confirmed after a three-month follow-up period. psychodrama can be used as an effective intervention to reduce the level of depression and other mental disorders in the similar population adjustment applied. due to the long and difficult treatment of infertility and the risk of psychological problems, the presence of clinical psychologists in the diagnosis and treatment centers infertility is necessary.