Changiz Rahimi

• Shiraz University

Background: Despite the addition of a new diagnostic criterion indicating the degree of involvement in reckless or self-destructive behaviors for PTSD in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual - Fifth Edition, research evidence indicates that a reliable and valid tool for assessing and diagnosing it has not been found to exist in Persian. Aims: The...

This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of online group therapy based on emotional schema therapy with that of transdiagnostic therapy in improving distress tolerance and cognitive emotion regulation among university students with adjustment disorders due to romantic break‐ups. The statistical population included all students who experienced...

Background & Aims: Sleep and epilepsy are complex interactions and are completely interdependent, so that some patients experience seizures while asleep or deprived of sleep or when waking up, and for some they occur during the day or night (1). The American Psychiatric Association defines sleepiness as symptoms of excessive quantity of sleep (e.g....

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the differences in alexithymia components between patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and normal individuals. Methods: In this ex-post facto study, 23 obsessive-compulsive outpatients’ selected by available sampling method and 22 personnel of the same hospitals (Taft Comprehensive Psychiatric H...

Background: Sleep and seizures can affect each other in different ways. Meanwhile, sleep disorders are among the most frequent complaints of patients with epileptic and non-epileptic seizures, with various health outcomes. Objective This study aimed to investigate the psychological symptoms and clinical indicators in patients with/without sleepines...

Background: Mentalization-based treatment (MBT) and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) are two treatments with a strong theoretical basis for borderline personality disorder (BPD). Objectives: We investigated the structures that influence the process of symptom recovery from the perspective of mentalization-based treatment. Methods: This is a sin...

Introduction: In recent years, many studies focused on emotion regulation in conceptualization, explanation, and treatment of mental disorders. Problematic patterns of emotional reactivity and regulation are prominent factors in various mental disorders, specially internalizing disorders. The present study aimed to identify the role of emotion regu...

Introduction: Differences in emotional control and social skills appear to partially reflect differences in longstanding intrapersonal qualities, such as temperament. However, parenting characteristics also have emerged as indicators of how children develop emotional and social competence. Methods: The study design was correlational. The sample siz...

AbstractThis study aims to examine the effect of worry on physiological and emotional responseto negative emotional stimuli in patients with generalized anxiety disorder and normal individuals.This study was a semi-experimental research with pretest,post-test and control group. The experimental groupincluded 41 participants with generalized anxiety...

Introduction: Despite the high prevalence and unpleasant consequences of social anxiety disorder in university students, little research has been done to determine the most effective treatment for SAD. Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate and compare the effectiveness of rational-emotive and solution-focused brief therapy on reducing socia...

Afghanistan has one of the highest rates of substance use in the world, yet existing treatment focuses on detoxification, residential rehabilitation and with very low intensity aftercare. Current available treatment should be changed to more evidence-based modalities, such as structured psychosocial interventions. In addition, the main role of affe...

Maternal depression, its effects on mothers’ interactions with their children, and the different mechanisms of emotional and psychological disorders’ transaction to children have been surveyed for the last few decades of research. The aim of this research was to find the mediating role of the perception of parental styles between the maternal depre...

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Is A Complex Disorder. According To The Previous Findings, OCD Patients Suffer From Neuropsychological Impairments. The Aim Of The Present Research Is To Study The Executive Function Impairments In OCD. Method: 30 OCD Patients And 30 Healthy Controls Were Selected Using Convenience Sampling Method. OCD Patients A...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a debilitating condition affecting a considerable population of adults. Previous findings have indicated that OCD patients suffer from a wide range of neuropsychological impairments. The aim of the present research is to assess the memory functions in OCD. Method: The study followed a causal-comparative design...

Background: Effective common factors such as therapeutic alliance and group cohesion play essential roles in outcome treatment in borderline personality disorder. The present study aimed to investigate the role of therapeutic alliance and group cohesion in group therapy based on mentalization and dialectical behavior in borderline personality disor...

Background: Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Metalization-based Treatment (MBT) are two approaches to the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). The present study aimed to investigate the clinical outcomes of dialectical behavior group therapy and metallization-based group therapy on reduction of the severity of symptoms in patie...

Background: Depression causes poor academic performance, substance abuse, antisocial behavior, school avoidance, and running away from home in adolescents. Due to the high prevalence of depression in adolescents, reliability, and validity of this questionnaire in this age group is of special importance. Symptoms of depression in children and adoles...

Recent research trends have focused on identifying cognitive beliefs that are significantly associated with the development of OCD, in an attempt to homogenous evidence-based therapeutic and preventative efforts. The research at hand aims at identifying how the relationship of these beliefs and OCD is affected by culture as well as symptom severity...

Objective: Recent studies have emphasized the important role of cognitive beliefs in etiology and maintenance of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). OCD has different subtypes, but the specific role of cognitive beliefs in OCD symptomatology is not clear. The aim of the current study was to determine whether the cognitive factors proposed by Obse...

The purpose of this study was to predict anxiety in children based on their coping behaviors. Participants included 400 children aged 9-13 years enrolled in a summer camp in Dubai from different nationalities (Iranian, Arab, European) in both genders. The sample consisted of 150 children (50 from Iran, 50 From Europe and 50 Arabs) who were randomly...

Spiritual health is one of the most important aspects of mental health and nowadays most of the theories which emphasize on perfect health, they include spiritual aspect also. (Kilmer, 2012) in recent years, in addition to the theories of psychological therapies, using spiritual and religious methods has opened its scientific position. In this rega...

Depression is a prevalent mental illness. In recent decade, the integrated spiritual-cognitive – behavioral treatment approach was used, in order treat depression base on this case, The Islamic approach in spiritual-cognitive – behavioral framework for mental disorders treatment, particularly depression, has considerable importance. In this study,...

Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric disorders in the general population recent decade, the integrated spiritual-cognitive – behavioral treatment approach was used. In order to, treat anxiety base on this case, The Islamic approach in spiritual-cognitive – behavioral framework for treatment for mental disorders, particularly anxiety, h...

Background: This study was carried out to investigate the correlation of self objectification, internalized weight bias and body image concern with depression and eating disorder Methods: A total of 200 female students with overweight and obesity were selected using convenience random sampling among female students with overweight and obesity refer...

Alexithymia refers to difficulties in experiencing, verbalizlngand regulating emotions.The present study aims to apply interpersonal psychotherapy principles (IPT)in reduction of alexithymia symptoms-lmplementing the TorontoAlexithymiaScalefTAS-20) on384female studentsof the Shiraz University (Iran)andevaluatingthe scores distribution of sample gro...

Background: This study compares the effectiveness of three treating methods including behavioral mother training (BMT), Verbal self-instruction to the children (VSI), and pharmacotherapy in children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) using the continuous performance test (CPT). Subjects and methods: In this semi-experimental st...

The present study investigated the effect of emotionally focused therapy (EFT) on factors contributing to emotional distress among infertile couples. In this semi-experimental study, the subjects consisted of 12 Iranian couples: six infertile men and six infertile women. They were assessed as depressed, anxious and stressful individuals using depre...

We examined the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Obsessive Compulsive Beliefs Questionnaire-44 (OBQ-44) in a sample of Kuwait University students. This questionnaire was developed by the Obsessive Compulsive Cognitions Working Group in order to assess belief domains believed to be crucial in the development of obsessive compulsi...

The Wisconsin Test Card Sorting Test (WCST) is a neuropsychological test that has been suggested as a more specific test for frontal lobes dysfunctions. This study was designed to determine whether WCST is able to differentiate between Iranian psychiatric patients with cognitive disorders and normal subjects, and whether WCST scores are related to...

Background: This study was designed to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of three treating methods; namely mother’s behavioral education, Verbal self-instruction to the children, and Pharmacotherapy in children’s attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Methods: In this semi-experimental study, 51 elementary students with ADHD were ran...

This study investigated the relationship between resilience and religious orientation (internal and external) with posttraumatic growth (PTG). This study also examined the impact of marriage and sex variables on growth. Participants were selected based on prescreening of a larger group of students enrolled in the University of Shiraz. Participants...

Background: Obsessive patients are distressed by intrusivethoughts, which are related to unreal threats. These patientsfeel that they are responsible for harming themselves and others.While controlling worry and meta-cognitive beliefs, thepresent study aimed at comparing the responsibility attitudesin obsessive compulsive patients with those in nor...

A deficit in spatial and temporal processing has implicitly been proposed in Cognitive theories of schizophrenia. Therefore, it is very important to design tasks, which could examine simultaneously the spatial and temporal perception in these patients. The aim of the present study was to compare performance of patients with schizophrenia, major dep...

Abstract Introduction: In this study, the effectiveness of a new treatment for social phobia was investigated. According to the metacognitive approach, negative beliefs/thoughts about the social self are produced from the style of processing driven by the persons metacognitions. Thus, the treatment focuses on modifying the style of processing befor...

his study examined the effects of Methadone Mainte-nance Treatment (MMT) on the mental health of opi-um and heroin addicts. Participants included 60 Iranian heroin and opium addicts (equal sample size from each group) whose age ranged from 18 to 45 years. In the pretest stage, the participants' mental health was assessed using the General Health Qu...