Aims: Mentalization based therapy (MBT) and cognitive-analytical therapy (CAT) are few psychotherapy approaches offering specific methods for the treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Therefore, the purpose of this study was comparison of the effectiveness of MBT and CAT on improving the ego strength and defense mechanisms of people with BPD. Material and Methods: This was an qua...

The purpose of this study was a comparison of the effectiveness of group therapy of paradoxical timetable and cognitive behavioral therapy on defense mechanisms and symptoms of individuals with social anxiety disorder. The population of the present study consisted of individuals diagnosed with social anxiety disorder in Tehran and Gorgan that of these, 45 were selected by available sampling met...

 Background: The families of medical staff experience many psychological traumas in coronavirus crisis situations. Identifying and treating the most common family trauma's treatment staff and their defense mechanisms can help reduce their trauma. Method: This research was conducted in terms of applied purpose and with a qualitative approach and interpretive phenomenological method. The research...

Background and Objectives: Somatization is a somatoform disorder, which medical examinations are not able to explain its reason. In the present research, the role of Defensive style and Emotion regulation was investigated in somatization disorder.Methods :This descriptive and correlational study was conducted on all students studying at University of Tabriz in the academic year 2015-2016. A tot...

Passive Defense is a set of civilian efforts performed to enhance deterrence, reduce vulnerability, sustain essential activities, promote national stability, and facilitate crisis management against military threats of an enemy. Since in battles, sensitive and critical areas of cities are of paramount importance,it is clear that in military agressions, a large part of threats are focused on cit...

Black bean genotypes have high resistance to the important pests and diseases of common bean. To evaluate the effectiveness of four genes in the direct (plant negatively effects on biology and reproduction of herbivore by its physical and biochemical barriers) and or indirect)by attracting natural enemies of herbivores(in black beans against two spotted spider mite, expression levels of these g...