Background: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is one of the most prevalent post traumatic events. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of compassion therapy in improving the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Methods: The study population consisted of war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder referring to Ebnesina Hospital in Mashhad, Iran. 30 individuals of the ...

  Introduction: In addition to causing psychological problems, traumatic events can also bring positive changes. Therefore, in order to investigate the significant difference in people's reactions to traumatic life experiences, it is very important to know the important psychological mechanisms; therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the role of resilience, me...

Background & aim: Post-traumatic stress disorder can reduce the quality of life and increase in the risk of suicide and psychiatric disorders, as well. Few studies have been done to investigate the effectiveness of metacognitive model for treatment of these patients. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of metacognitive therapy on metacognitive beliefs in patients with post-traumat...

Documented war experiences have provided early descriptions of different group of psychiatric features. A combat soldier with palpitation and chest pains was felt to have a functional cardiac disturbance, called soldier's heart. Anxiety and other symptoms indicating increased arousal were called shell shock and were thought to be related to lesions in the central nervous system (CNS). Describin...