Medical self-defense, prohibited experimental therapies, and payment for organs.

In Defense of Regulated Fee-for-Service Payment: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Mentalization Based Therapy and Cognitive-Analytical Therapy on Ego Strength and Defense Mechanisms of People with Borderline Personality Disorder

Aims: Mentalization based therapy (MBT) and cognitive-analytical therapy (CAT) are few psychotherapy approaches offering specific methods for the treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Therefore, the purpose of this study was comparison of the effectiveness of MBT and CAT on improving the ego strength and defense mechanisms of people with BPD. Material and Methods: This was an qua...

Approaches to Improving Self-Efficacy among 8th Graders: Solution-Focused and Strategic Therapies

Approaches to Improving Self-Efficacy among 8th Graders: Solution-Focused and Strategic Therapies A. Bahraami F. Bahaari, Ph.D.  To compare the effectiveness of two approaches to improving self-efficacy, a specially selected sample of 45 eighth graders was randomly placed into three groups of control and experimental. The experimental groups were taught for ten sessions o...

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Emotion-Focused and Existential Group Therapy on the defense mechanisms of Child Sexual Abuse Victims in Isfahan

Extended Abstract 1.Introduction Sexual harassment, or in other words, the use of children and adolescents for sexual gratification, is one of the forms of harassment of children and adolescents that occurs at all ages from childhood to adolescence, and the adverse consequences and sometimes irreparable harm to health and well-being. Adults are large in size (2). In this regard, resea...

Hepatitis C Virus and Vaccine Development

The prevalence of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is approximately 3% around the world. This virus causes chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. The effectiveness of interferon-α and ribavirin therapy is about 50% and is associated with significant toxicity and cost. Hence, generating new vaccines or drugs is an obligation. However, there is no vaccine available for clinical u...