CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY STUDIES
Year:2011 | Volume:1 | Issue:2|Papers Count:9

Today, mental health of staff is one of the concerns of researchers and managers of departments and agencies. In this way, it seems coping skills as one of cognitive strategies, bring healthy habits and prevent psychological and physical damage caused by stress. Research suggests that a person who knows of coping strategies and applys them properly, his mental health will be guaranteed. Therefore, the present study investigated the effectiveness of coping skills training on general health and self-esteem of women employees in NAJA. Research methodology is pre-experimental, single-group with pre-test and post-test. 15 female NAJA employees in Tehran, who were available sample, were trained in 10 sessions for coping skills. General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and Self-Esteem Inventory of Cooper Smith (SEI) were used to collect data. Also, dependent t test was used for analysis.The results indicated that there are significant differences between the pre-test and the post test in social self-esteem and general health. It seems, coping skills can replace positive emotions instead of negative emotions in dealing with daily stress. So, it led to uper general healththe in person. Also, this training sessions may bring position in that competency, development, capability, adequacy, reliability, independence and individual freedom, especially in the field of social relations and friendly relations be created. Then, these led to increased social self-esteem in trained persons.

The aim of this study was to investigate the activation patterrens of maladaptive schemas (EMSs) in patients with obsessive -compulsive disorder (OCD).For this purpose 42 patients with OCD and 70 subjects as control groups were studied. They were administered SCL90-R and stmctured clinical interview for diagnosis of DSM-IV (SCID-I), mental disorder the young schema questionnaire-short form (YSQ-SF), the young parenting inventory (YPI) and the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Seal (YBOCS). The YSQ total score of the OCD group was significantly higher than the control group (t=4/44, P<0/0001). The average score of the patient with OCD on most schemas were significantly higher than the average scores of the control group. This study demonstrates that, in addition to significant relation between SCL90-R total scores with YSQ, YPI-F and YPI-M, most important of the early maladaptive schemas including: Entitlement, Unrelenting standards, Mistmst/Abuse, vulnerability to harm or illness are prom intently activated.

This research aimed to study the effectiveness of Therapeutic Community (TC) on attribute style of addicts. For this purpose two groups (experimental and control) were studied. Experimental group were 25 addicte persons from Hejrat therapeutic community institute and 28 addict persons as control group that were selected from Shahid Family addiction institute. At first, because of determine of therapeutic community effectiveness on attribution style of addicts. Each group discrepancy scours were calculated. After that for determining of Effectiveness of Therapeutic community (TC) on attribute style change of addicts, mean difference of two independence groups were accounted by T test. The results indicated that attribute style of addict persons, after 3 month residency in TC center recovered meaningfully. Attribution style of Addicts in end of 3 month residency in TC center was more internal, resistant in happens (successful) subjects and more external and impermanent in unhappiness (fail.)

This research is about Effectiveness of Therapeutic community (TC) on attribute style change of addicts. For this purpose two groups (experimental and control) were selected. Experimental group is 25 addict persons from Hejrat Therapeutic community institute and 28 addict persons as control group that were selected from Shahid Family addiction institute. At first, Because of determine of Therapeutic community effectiveness on attribute style change of addicts. Each group discrepancy scours were calculated. After that for determining of Effectiveness of Therapeutic community (TC) on attribute style change of addicts, mean difference of two independence groups were accounted by T test. The results indicated that attribute style of addict persons, after 3 month residency in TC center recovered meaningfully. Attribute style of Addicts in end of 3 month residency in TC center was more internal, resistant in happens (successful) subjects and more external and impermanent in unhappiness (fail.)

The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of T mindfulness and emotion regulation trainings on general health in chemical victims. Research method of current study was multi groups experimental with pre-test, post test and follow-up in tow experimental and one control groups.48 of chemical warfare victims in Sardasht city with high score in General Health Questionnaire randomly selected and assigned in mindfulness based stress reduction training, emotional regulation training and control groups. General health questionnaire used for gathering of data and mixed Analysis of variance used for analyzing of data. Results indicated that average scores of mental health were meaningfully improved in mindfulness training group than emotional regulation training group and in emotional regulation group than control group in both post-test and follow-up. Also, results showed that scores of somatic signs, anxiety, social dysfunction in mindfulness and emotional regulation training groups were significantly increased in both post-test and follow-up (p<0.001). Results approved the effectiveness of mindfulness and emotional regulation training on improving the mental health in chemical victims. By knowing the decreasing of mental health in chemical victims and effectiveness of mindfulness and emotional regulation training on improvement in mental health scores, it should be seriously noted for these trainings in cemical victems.

Recent studies indicating that exploring mental problems of prisoners and providing mental health services for them were the most important arcas for psychologists and psychiatrists; According to the spread of abnormalities and personality disorders in the prisoners in comparison with normal population, so the necessity of psychotherapies is well informed for them. The purpose of this study was to exploring the effectiveness of humanistic-existential group therapy in reducing symptoms of borderline personality disorder. In this study, 105 male prisoners with borderline personality disorder were determined using preliminary screening of 400 prisoners in Central Prison in Bojnourd city and 34 of them were selected using random sampling. The scales were consisting of Third Edition of Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI-III), Schizotypal Trait questionnaire-B form (STH) and Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Disorders (SCID). The results of this research showed that the means of hopelessness, impulsivity and stress related dissociative and paranoid symptoms in Humanistic-Existential group therapy were reduced significantly in comparison with control group. According to the results, Humanistic-Existential group therapy could be a selective therapy in treatment of borderline personality disorder.

This research has been done to constructing a valid instrument to evaluate of quality of life, and also an explanation of relationship between quality of life and subjective well-being. 500 teachers from different sector of Tehran city systematic randomly completed the quality of life questionnaire and subjective well-being scale. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between sub-scales of quality of life (life equipment's, physical health, life meaning) with life satisfaction as a sub-scale of subjective well-being, but not with subjective well-being. Have a good quality of life is not mean as a good subjective well-being, because a good quality of live can produce a life satisfaction of life, but not to produce a good subjective well-being.