Background & Aim: Adverse childbirth experiences as a trauma can evoke fear and post-traumatic stress disorder in some women. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of counseling on post traumatic stress disorder after a traumatic childbirth. Methods & Materials: This research was a clinical trial which was conducted at Kamaly hospital in Karaj. Samples (300 women) who had experien...

Abstract Introduction:  The concept of post-traumatic growth (PTG) has attracted attention from researchers and practitioners in recent years.  Although some previous studies have reported post-traumatic growth (PTG) among cancer survivors, few have examined factors that facilitate or promote PTG in patients with cancer disease. Present research was performed in 50-65 ages blood cancer patient...

Job centers have an outstanding role in the process of labor force employment through cutting the costs of labor force adjustment. This paper studies the dynamic models of the labor force demand with the aim of pinpointing job centers role in labor market. According to the results, "job search and matching" approach better and more thoroughly considers the role of job centers in the labor marke...

  Background and Objective: Oxytocin is one of the most common drugs in obstetrics for induction or augmentation of labor. Recent studies show that oxytocin is used in over 50% of women in labor. This study aimed to compare the effect of high and low doses of oxytocin for labor induction on labor outcome.   Materials and Methods: This single-blind randomized clinical trial was performed on 120 ...

Background & Aims: post-traumatic stress disorder is a set of symptoms that can be find after following that exposure to traumatic life events. This study was conducted with purpose of investigation the effectiveness of meta-cognitive therapy on Anxiety and depression in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder. Materials & Methods: This study was conducted in the context of a s...

Background & aim: Earthquake is one of the natural disasters that, in addition to cause injuries to survivors, can have some positive consequences. One of these consequences is post-traumatic growth, which is the positive psychological consequence of indirect exposure to a traumatic event. The aim of this study was to predict the vicarious post traumatic growth based on cognitive flexibility an...