Development of a model of brain function change based on treatment of heterogeneous hemispheres on the depression of addicts

Objective: The aim of this istudy is to determine the model of brain function change based on treatment of heterogeneous hemispheres on the depression of addicts. Materials and Methods: This research is a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group, which 20 male addicts leaving in the city of Karaj, Iran. Beck Depression Inventory and Blood Test was used. We selected 20 out of 100 people at random and placed them in two experimental and control groups equally (10 experimental group and 10 control group). Evaluation of the subjects by the Depression Inventory and blood test before training and after training of the experimental group. The subjects in the experimental group were trained for 16 sessions 2 days a week, two hours a day, and the control group did not receive any intervention. The obtained data were analyzed using ANKOA statistical method and research data was analyzed with SPSS software version 22. Results: the reuslts showed that the subjects in the experimental group after training were significantly different from the control group in their scores of depression and increase in chemical carriers (serotonin and dopamine). In other words, brain change model based on heterogeneous hemisphere treatment was effective on depression of withdrawal addicts with 95% probability. Conclusion: Teaching a model of brain function change based on heterogeneous hematopoietic treatment was effective on depression in withdrawal addicts. approved. &nbsp

The relationship between mental health, cultural beliefs and sexual behavior of pregnant women

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between mental health and cultural beliefs and sexual behavior in pregnant women. Mental health and cultural beliefs are important individual factors. Human sexual behaviors are influenced by culture, customs, beliefs and beliefs of people, and there is a lot of diversity in different societies. This study was a field correlation and the study sample was available to 100 pregnant women. Sampling method: Sampling was done through a questionnaire. The results showed that cultural beliefs of individuals had an effect on their sexual behavior and women's mental health had a significant relationship with the request of unusual sexual behaviors by their husbands. &nbsp

Assessing the Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management (CBSM) on Pain Perception of Cancer Patients

Background: Disease-related cancer pain is a multidimensional phenomenon. Psychological factors that may alter pain perception in cancer patients have not been well studied. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral stress therapy on distress in patients with cancer.Patients and Methods: In a cross-sectional study of consecutive patients (32-70 years), progression of their disease was at levels 1 to 3, high cycle education, and 3 months of chemotherapy, of which 40 were randomly available to the study and allocated to two groups (20 in experimental and 20 in control groups). The instrument was a McGill pain questionnaire (1997). Data were analyzed using two methods of Kolmogorov-Smirnov inferential statistics and multivariate analysis of covariance using SPSS Ver.17.Results: Correlation analysis showed that the experimental group had a significant reduction in perception of pain, in the posttest after the experiment compared with the control group.Conclusion: The short-term cognitive-behavioral stress management program could reduce the perception of pain in cancer patients

Declining the Rate of Major Depression: Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy

AbstractThe purpose of this study is to compare the effect of Dialectical Behavior Therapy in declining the rate of major depression. The methodology utilized in this research is semi-experimental socio-statistic approach consisting of the experimental group and the control group. Statistical universe were participants referred to 3 hospitals with the diagnosis of major depression. They were selected based on stratified random sampling. Participants were randomly divided into control group and DBT group of 7 female and 5 male in each group for seven months. Results indicate significant difference between the two groups in declining the rate of major depression and reducing suicide tendency; thus, supported the effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy

The Effect of Training Play Therapy to the Mothers of Autistic Children to Improve the Verbal and Nonverbal Skills of their Children

Background: The main purpose of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of play therapy training to mothers of autistic children on verbal and non-verbal improvement of their children.Materials and Methods: 30 autistic children with intermediate degree of autism were selected based on availability sampling procedure and were divided into experimental and control groups. Having collected the intended data and analyzed them with SPSS software.Results: The study finally revealed that the play therapy training significantly improved the social skills of autistic children.Conclusion: These results suggested that applying play therapy with families and teach it to the mothers that have autistic children.

Relationship between psychological hardiness and self-efficacy in patients with type 2 diabetes: (The mediating role of self-esteem and social support) using structural equation modeling

According to the importance of type 2 diabetes and the variety and intensity of physical, mental, economic and social effects and factors such as psychological hardiness, self-efficacy, self-esteem, social support to manage treatment of this type of diabetes, this study is aimed in assessing the model of relationship of hardiness with self-efficacy with the mediating role of self-esteem and social support in these patients. In a cross-sectional survey, 212 patients with type 2 diabetes (90 male and 122 female) in Health Centers of Islmashahr were selected using available random sampling. The data collection was done using psychological hardiness scale, Coppersmith self-esteem inventory, self-efficacy and social support scales and the data were then analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) using Lisrel and SPSS-22 software. Correlation of main research variables were tested using Pearson correlation test and normality of variables were tested using regression analysis. Then, model fitness and coefficients of variables were measured. Most paths with significant coefficients were maintained in final model. The results obtained from the study are as follows: 1) psychological hardiness can affect self-efficacy directly 2) psychological hardiness can affect self-efficacy indirectly with the mediation of social supports and self-esteem 3) the proposed model is fit based on obtained fitness indices (GFI= 0.94; AGFI= 0.93; RMSEA= 0.032; NNFI= 0.94; SRMR= 0.031; NFI= 0.97 and IFI= 0.97). The correlations between variables in this study are mostly in consistence with the existing literature and theories. It could be concluded that variables such as psychological hardiness, self-efficacy, self-esteem and social support have been considered as effective factors to manage and treat patients with type 2 diabetes in domestic and foreign literature. The proposed model shows potential infrastructural mechanisms that can facilitate the process of treatment and better coping and even reduction of costs of the disease through training patients and their families under current social and economic conditions of Iran. Due to the applied significance of the results for clinical specialists and diabetes treatment centers, appropriate interventions are required in this filed. Paying attention to these results is important to enhance self-care behaviors of diabetes, reduction of complications and reduction of relevant costs and more importantly, general health of society

Effectiveness of Stress Management with Cognitive-Behavioral Approach on Anxiety Sensitivity of the Mothers with Cancerous Children

Background and Purpose: Cancer is considered as one of the most radical hygienic issues in children. It threats the health and active lives of children and their parents causing numerous personal, familiar and social damages in physical, mental and social dimensions. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of stress management with cognitive-behavioral approach on the anxiety sensitivity of the mothers with cancerous children.Methods: In a quasi-experimental with pretest- posttest study, 30 mothers with cancerous children were selected using purposeful sampling and divided into case and control groups. Both groups were given pretest using the 16 questions questionnaire of anxiety sensitivity. Then, the skills of stress management with cognitive-behavioral approach were taught to the case group for 8 sessions and the control group didn’t receive any intervention. Finally both groups were given posttest and the data were analyzed using one-way and single variable variance analysis through SPSS21 software.Results: Mothers in case group showed reduction in the anxiety compared to the control one and it was maintained in the following period (p < 0.01). The highest reduction was in the parameter of the fear of physical concerns (p < 0.01).Conclusion: Teaching the methods of coping with stress with cognitive-behavioral approach is an effective strategy for helping mothers with cancerous children due to its high efficiency especially when it is held in groups

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Group Positive Psychotherapy and Group Psychodrama on Spiritual Attitude, Distress Tolerance, and Quality of Life in Women with Chronic Pain

 Aims and background: Chronic pain is a sensory and psychological experience of discomfort that usually affects the emotional state and quality of life of the individual. The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of group positive psychotherapy and group psychodrama on spiritual attitude, distress tolerance, and quality of life in women with chronic pain. Materials and methods: This research was a quasi-experimental study with pre-test, post-test and followup design with control group. The statistical population included all women with chronic pain visiting Pars Royal Clinic of Tehran, among them, forty-five women were selected by the convenience sampling method, and were divided into three groups of 15. The research tools included Simons & Gaher’s Distress Tolerance Scale, Shahidi & Farajnia’s Spiritual Attitude Scale, and Short Form Quality of Life Questionnaire; and Rashid’s group positive psychotherapy protocol, and psychodrama package were used for interventions. Data were analyzed using ANCOVA. Findings: the results of the study in the post-test confirmed that positive psychotherapy is more effective than psychodrama on spiritual attitude, distress tolerance, and quality of life in women with chronic pain (p<0.01). Conclusion: The results suggest that positive psychotherapy is a more effective intervention for strengthening spiritual attitude and distress tolerance, and finally improving the quality of life of women with chronic pain

Layer‐Wise Titania Growth Within Dimeric Organic Functional Group Viologen Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica as Efficient Photocatalyst for Oxidative Formic Acid Decomposition

A bridge dimeric organic functional group viologen PMOs synthesized via layer by layer growth on titania (TiO2) has been unprecedently prepared as stable periodic mesoporous organosilica using surfactant under mild acidic conditions. The layer by layer TiO2 incorporation within the prepared organic functional group viologen‐PMO could successfully develop a new type of hybrid photo‐oxidation system for the mineralization of formic acid under sunlight irradiation conditions.The authors are thankful for financial supports (95849156) from Iran National foundation of Science (INSF). The publication has been prepared with support from RUDN University Program 5–100