Asghar Dadkhah
Department of Counseling, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
[ 1 ] - Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Training in Reducing Depression in Visually Impaired Male Students
Objectives: According to the prevalence of psychological problems, especially depression in people with visual impairment, this study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of group training of cognitive behavioral therapy in reducing depression in visually impaired male students. Methods: This study employed a quasi-experimental design, with pre-test and post-test and control group. T...
[ 2 ] - Promoting the Holistic Approaches in Rehabilitation and Health
The holistic approach encourages the client to include rehabilitation strategies that support the general person condition. In this approach in every condition of physical and mental health, decreasing stress and increasing person’s immunity and psychological resilience can help the whole body cope better, rehabilitate more quickly, and maintain better ...
[ 3 ] - Prediction of Rehabilitation Nurses’ Psychological Well-Being by Personality Traits and Defense Mechanisms
Objectives: The purpose of the study is to predict the psychological well-being of nurses based on personality traits and defense mechanisms. Methods: The research method was correlational and the statistical population consisted of all married female nurses in hospitals of the Qom city. The sample size estimated by Tabachnik and Fidel method 114 and with Overestimate attain to 120 people. T...
[ 4 ] - The Effects of Individual and Group Training on General Health and Stress of Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Objectives: This study compared the effects of individual and group training on general health and stress of parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Methods: A sample of 75 parents of children referring to Autistic Children Foundation (including 50 parents in two experimental groups and 25 parents in control group) was taken into account. Sample parents were selected through Acce...
[ 5 ] - Dimensions of Rehabilitation in Treatment and Education
The Iranian Rehabilitation Journal has published many articles related to different dimensions of treatment and psycho-education. As a reference we will review some articles which already published in this Journal. Dadkhah and his colleagues evaluated an individually family-based Dohsa exercise programme of balance in the aged people and its effect on self confidence for performing common...
[ 6 ] - Factors Influence the Choice for Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation Efforts
As a common belief among rehabilitation specialists, the purpose of rehabilitation has been restoring some of a person's physical and mental capabilities that have been lost as a result of disease, illness, or injury and to help achieve the highest possible level of function, independence, and quality of life. Goals of rehabilitation for different populations differ. Older adults usually focus ...
[ 7 ] - Rehabilitation Approaches for Drug Abuse, Addiction and Pediatric Issues
The current issue of the Iranian Rehabilitation Journal contains original research evaluating the efficacy of addiction rehabilitation an evaluation of a child rehabilitation system for community based research, reading program for children with down syndrome, auditory stream segregation in auditory processing disorder, speech and language disorders, quality of life of adolescents with hearing ...
[ 8 ] - Social Rehabilitation and Independence of Individuals Following Trauma, Disease or Chronic Pathology
In recent years there has been an increase in the number of people requiring rehabilitation services. The genesis of rehabilitation services has been, in part, a response to the recognition that increasing the quality of life and independence of individuals following trauma, disease or enduring chronic pathology benefits society as a whole, as well as the individual. Human beings also have psyc...
[ 9 ] - Emotion Regulation Characteristics Development in Iranian Primary School Pupils
Objectives: Emotion regulations refer to the ability of experiencing emotions as a basic human capacity and the experience of the basic emotions happiness, anger, sadness and fear are considered as reular characteristics among nations. In school-age children, problems in socioemotional development typically shows themselves as challenging, socially disruptive paterns of behavior. The purpose of...
[ 10 ] - The Use of Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Mental Health Issues
Mental rehabilitation can include a range of disabling conditions, from severe and enduring psychotic or bipolar disorders to more transient affective disorders. The concept of rehabilitation reflects the concept of disability. If the concept of mental illness is viewed as a mechanism for social control, then we can say that one of the most powerful aspects of the medicalization of the individu...
[ 11 ] - Dohsa Training and Theory of Mind in High Functioning Autistic Children
Objectives: The theory of mind hypothesis states that children with autism are impaired in the development of the ability to appreciate their own and other people's mental states. The people with Autism Spectrum Disorder needs treatment approach which to strengthen their movement, focus of attention, eye contact and relaxation. "Dohsa-hou" is a Japanese psycho-rehabilitation method by...
[ 12 ] - Stigma in Iranian Down Syndrome
Objectives: Stigma is a negative value. Many behaviors are to ward Stigmatized people. Down syndrome is one of conditions with Stigma. The aim of this study is to determine the sources of labeling in iranian Down syndrome. Methods: The View of 105 Down syndrome families concerning stigma were conducted. All of Down syndrome was under 50 years. Results: A fair proportion of Down syndrome f...
[ 13 ] - Quality of Life of Disabled Children\'s Mother: A Comparative Study
Objectives: Quality of life for disabled children often has been assessed based on functional status or parental perceptions rather than direct reports from the children. The objective of this study was evaluating the quality of life of mothers with disabled children. Methods: There is widespread acceptance of the need for disabled children to be fully integrated into society but there needs...
[ 14 ] - The Comparison of Marital Satisfaction between Fertile and Iinfertile Women
Objectives: This research studied and compared marital satisfaction level of the women who have infertility problem with those who does not have this problem. Methods: Totally 180 persons participated (90 infertile women and 90 fertile women) were participated in this study. Participants were comprised of those referring to 3 Tehran city infertility centers. For data gathering in this resear...
[ 15 ] - Review of Abuse and Violence against Women and Children in Psycho-Social Rehabilitation Centres
The growth and development process of the child is influenced by reciprocal environmental, psychological and social factors, and the family’s role is very crucial in all of this. It is obvious that although it’s important to start a family, but what’s further important is its survival in a healthy and intimate atmosphere. It has been estimated that between 2 and 12 million American families are...
[ 16 ] - Measurment of Frequency of Signs & Symptoms in 120 Cases with Cord Injury
Objectives: Nowadays, spinal cord lesions, specially its injury, is one of the diseases/injuries that human-being is been affected by. It not only causes irreversible economical/social/cultural problems & uncompensated costs to the patient’s family & society but also, makes active peoples to inactive & needy ones. Till now, there is no successful treatment for these patients so this ailment, it...
[ 17 ] - The Effects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on the Sense of Coherence, Locus of Control, and Posttraumatic Growth in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
Objectives: This study aimed to determine the effects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on the Sense of Coherence (SOC), Locus of Control (LoC), and Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). These factors were explored according to the prevalence of psychological problems in these patients. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-te...
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