Background and purpose: Humans have a capacity to become aware of thoughts and behaviors known as metacognition. The metacognitive model of anxiety disorders emphasizes that metacognitive beliefs are key factors in obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression pathology. The purpose of this research was to compare metacognitive beliefs in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and dep...

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to examine the sensitivity level of Behavioral Approach System (BAS) and Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS) as probable predisposing factors for substance abuse. To this end, the difference of sensitivity levels of BAS and BIS were assessed in substance abusers, cigarette smokers, and normal individuals. Method: The present causal-comparative study c...

ntroduction: The study on effects of various events of physical and Biological-Chemical abnormality on behavior and cognitive abilities in different areas has always been an important issue. The aim of this study was to compare the performance of minor beta-thalassemia patients with normal people, in the short forms of Wechsler test. Methods: In This cross-sectional study, a sample including 30...

Background and Aims: Cleft lip and palate patients require orthodontic treatments during their childhood and adolescence. Tweed diagnostic triangle as well as cephalometric assessments provides important data regarding the skeletal patterns for the treatment and diagnostic purposes. The present study determined the cephalometric changes of Tweed triangle in the cleft lip and palate patients c...

 Background and Objective: Estimation abilities are a group of processes that involve cognitive functions such as planning, attention, abstract reasoning, and memory. The goal of this study was to assess cognitive estimation in patients with schizophrenia, major depression disorder (MDD) and normal individuals.   Materials and Methods: Three groups including patients with schizophrenia, m...

the treatment of in completely formed pulpless teeth has presented considrable problems. these teeth have wide open apexes and the walls of the root canal diverge toward the apical tissues. mechanical preparation cannot be done in the normal manner beacause of the large initial size and the taper of apical part of the canal , a mechanical stop cannot be produced at the apex of the canal and , t...

Background and purpose: High cost and complication of some instruments assessing functional capabilities in athletes with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) deficiency have caused increasing attentions towards using inexpensive and user-friendly instruments as accelerometers and gait analyzing based on signal processing. Therefore, gait phases detection seems to be necessary while accelerometer i...