Introduction: Mothers of single-parent children need a lot of help and assistance because they are alone in playing parenting roles. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of play therapy based on child-parent relationships and cognitive-behavioral art-play therapy on single-parent mothers’ affective capital and their components. Methods: The research method was quasi-experimental with...

Background and Objective: In patients with multiple sclerosis, pain is a common phenomenon and plays an important role in mental health and quality of life of these individuals. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of cognitive behavioral group therapy and hope-based group therapy on perception of pain in patients with MS. Materials and Methods: This is a quasi-exper...

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: This study was aimed to compare of the effectiveness of group cognitive-behavioral therapy and methadone maintenance therapy on changing beliefs toward substance abuse among addicted people. Method: The research method was a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest with witness group. 30 addicted people who were referred to the addiction treatment centers selected by available sampling...

Background & Aims: Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia, it is a chronic and progressive degenerative disorder and affects cognitive functions. The aim of this study was to investigate and compare the effectiveness of cognitive stimulation therapy and Montessori-based dementia programming on cognitive function on people with Alzheimer's disease. Materials & Methods: The research met...

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...

Introduction: Some cognitive and emotional reactions in depressed people have been suggested as predictors of depression. Therefore, it is necessary to identify, evaluate and treat the factors that can contribute to these cognitive and emotional reactions. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on ...

Introduction: Nomo-Phobia like any other phobia requires medical attention, especially among adolescents. The purpose of this study was to comparing the effectiveness of adolescent-centered mindfulness with cognitive behavioral therapy and emotion-focused therapy on emotion regulation among adolescents’ girl with Nomophobia. Methods: The research method was quasi-experimental with control grou...