objective: the present research was conducted to study the effect of play therapy on reducing behavioral problems of children with oppositional defiant disorder. method: using multistage cluster sampling, regions 6, 7, and 8 in tehran were selected. among kindergartens of these areas, 3 kindergartens which were supported by the welfare organization were randomly selected. of all the pre-school ...

objectives the objective of this study was to assess the effects of cognitive-behavioral training on increasing self-concept and the attitude style toward narcotic drugs. background the existing studies have indicated that persons with positive attitude and believe to narcotics have more addiction than those with negative or natural attitudes. the aim of the present study was to specify the eff...

antisocial personality has some clear symptoms as impulsivity, unstable emotions, aggression, drinking, use of drugs, early initiation of sexual behavior make some difficulties and problems in their relations with family members and those who have interaction with them and at least in society. according to the mentioned symptoms of this personality disorder in this research project, it has been...

in this investigation, the effect of group cognitive-behavior therapy in reduction of anxiety and dysfunctional attitude were studied on patients with generalized anxiety disorder (gad). 20 female participants were recognized to have gad by the researcher through a clinical interview on the basis of dsm-iv-tr standards and invited to take part in the study. they first filled in the dysfunctiona...

objective: aim of this experimental study is evaluating the effectiveness of two different approaches towards the treatment of major depressive disorder (mdd): positive-oriented psychotherapy and group cognitive-behavior therapy. methods: eighteen out-patients suffering from major depression were randomly divided into two groups to be treated according to either of these two approaches. both gr...

abstract background: premature infants are subjected to many painful procedures during care and treatment. the aim of this study was to assess the effect of music therapy on physiological and behavioral pain responses of premature infants during and after blood sampling. materials and methods: this study was a cross-over clinical trial conducted on 20 infants in a hospital affiliated to tehran ...

In this paper, we examine black-white differences in cause-specific mortality during the 1980s when blackwhite disparities in mortality widened in the United States. We group causes of death to those amenable to medical intervention, those closely linked to health behaviors or residential location, and all other causes combined. At older ages, we treat cardiovascular disease, stroke, and forms ...

in this study, the authors reported a case of woman with severe compulsion who became pregnant during the repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. we carried out repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and behavior therapy simultaneously after repeated medications' refraction. the patient received 20 sessions 1 hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in right dorsolateral...

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a newer psychotherapy that has generated much clinical and research interest in recent years. However, the approach has begun to receive strong criticism from proponents of traditional cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). Hofmann and Asmundson (2008) recently compared and contrasted ACT and traditional CBT. They concluded that ACT’s criticisms of tradit...