Introduction: Single-parent children are among the children who need serious attention from the therapeutic and training community. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral art-play therapy and play therapy based on child-parent relationships on the quality of child-parent interactions among single parents’ children. Methods: The research method was two s...

Body dysmorphic disorder is one of the disorders that causes mental obsession about some aspects of the body so that it can lead to the expression of dissatisfaction with onechr('39')s body. There have been various treatments to cure the disorder so far which the most effective one is cognitive behavioral therapy. This treatment targets wrong beliefs and obsessive-compulsive behaviors associate...

Background: The first technique for relaxing the body's muscles and relieving fatigue is relaxation, but another method for improving chronic fatigue is cognitive-behavioral therapy. According to these definitions, the purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two methods of psychological treatment (cognitive-behavioral therapy) and muscle relaxation (relaxation) in reducing the...

Background and Objectives: Anger, natural excitement and adaptive value, but when it comes out of control, can lead to problems at work, interpersonal relationships, and overall quality of life. The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two methods of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on anger control in male students. Materials ...

Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of curriculums based on cognitive-behavioral therapy in the increase of self-efficacy and resilience among the addicts under methadone maintenance treatment. Method: For this purpose, 60 patients under methadone treatment whose records were available at the private addiction treatment center, named Zirkouh city and Zirkouh Tava...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group therapy on self-injury and self-coherence of substance abusers. The research design was a pre-test and post-test with the control group. In this research, 36 substance abusers who were referred to rehabilitation treatment centers in Arak city were randomly assigned to the experimental group and the cont...

Introduction: In some countries, cancer is considered the second cause of death after cardiovascular diseases. In Iran, cancer is the third cause of death after cardiovascular diseases and accidents. It can be said that cancer is a serious and potentially life-threatening disease that has negative physical and psychological effects on patients. Methods: The current research was semi-experimenta...

Objective: Drug addiction is one of the most important problems of the present age, which has become globally widespread. The purpose of this study was to compare three therapeutic methods, i.e, group cognitive-behavioral therapy, medicinal therapy, and placebo in reducing the anxiety of substance abuse patients. Method: The present study is a quasi-experimental research with pre-test/post-test...

Abstract Background and purpose: In general, the level of mental health of mothers of children with autism is lower than the parents of normal children and parents of children with chronic diseases, and they use more irrational ideas and beliefs. One of the most widely used and effective methods to improve most psychological features is cognitive behavioral therapy. The aim of this study wa...

Aim: life’s quality is a broad term that encompasses all aspects of a person's current life. Reduction life’s quality can have a lot of problems for people. For this reason, the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of couple therapy combining cognitive-behavioral and Structural upon life’s quality of couples who are divorcing. Methods: This study was semi-experimental with pretest-posttes...