Effect of group positive psychotherapy on improvement of life satisfaction and the quality of life in infertile woman

Background: Positive psychotherapy is one of the new approaches in psychology which is innovated for treating psychological disorders and enhancing positive emotions. The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of the group positive psychotherapy on elevation of life satisfaction and quality of life in infertile women

Materials and Methods: In a randomized trial study, Beck Depression Inventory II [BDI-II] and clinical interview were used in a pre-test post-test control group design. After analyzing the result of the questionnaire, 36 infertile women who showed signs of mild to moderate depression were randomly placed into two following groups: control [n=18] and intervention [n=18]. Before the treatment, the members of both groups answered BDI-II, Satisfaction With Life Scale [SWLS] and 12 item Short Form Health Survey [SF-12]. The intervention group received six sessions of group positive psychotherapy, but the treatment of the control group began six weeks after the intervention group

Results: The results showed that the life satisfaction scores of the intervention group were significantly elevated from 22.66 in pre-test to 26.13 in post-test [P<0.001], while this improvement was not significant in the control group [P=0.405]. The difference between life satisfaction scores of the intervention and the control groups was also significant [F=8.92, P=0.006]. However, no significant change in the quality of life level of the intervention and control groups was observed [P=0.136]

Conclusion: Thus it can be deduced from the findings that this treatment method could be introduced as solution to increase the life satisfaction in infertile women, but not as a treatment for elevating their quality of life [Registration Number: IRCT2013042810063N3]

Comparison of the life expectancy and general health in type 2 diabetic patients with non-patients

Diabetes is now known as one of the chronic diseases that besides body have negative effects on the psychological status of patients. The present study aimed to assess the physical and mental attributes of patients to evaluate and compare life expectancy and mental health among diabetic patients with normal ones. This was an analytic cross-sectional study, that was done on 91 adults about 30 to 60 years old in Kermanshah that 51 had type 2 diabetic patients and 40 was normal. The Sampling method of this research was convenience. Life Expectancy Inventory [LEI-33] and General Health Questionnaire [GHQ-28] were used to collect information. SPSS-16, descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation and T-test were used for analyzing data. Analyzing data showed a negative significant correlation between life expectancy and general health among adults [P<0.01]. T-test results showed that life expectancy and general health status in non-patients was better than type 2 diabetic patients that this difference was statistically significant [P<0.05]. The results of this study showed that type 2 diabetic patients have too much psychological pressure exposure, which reduces their hope to live. Hence of psychotherapy and pharmacological interventions is needed to improve the psychological care as well

Suicide by self-immolation, a cross sectional study in Kermanshah-Iran

Although in international studies, it has been reported to be the sixth most common method of suicide, self-Immolation is reported to be one of the most common methods of suicide in Iran. The aimed of this study was to determine the psychological characteristics of those patients who attempted suicide by setting themselves on fire in Kermanshah. In a cross-sectional study in 2003, 227 in-patients who had attempted self-immolation were screened out for mental illness. One hundred and ninety seven of them were subsequently assessed psychologically by using DSM-IV criteria. Eighty one and half percent of the patients were female with a mean age of 27.1. The majority of the patients were married and unemployed. Twenty one percent of the patients had a history of chronic physical illness and 59.9% a history of depression. Somatoform disorders were detected in 36.5% of the cases and substance misuse in 7.5%. There was a 17.6% past history of deliberate self-harm in the patients and 20% in the family members. Suicide by self-burning had been precipitated by marital conflicts in 33.9% of the cases and by family conflicts in 23.2%. There was a high rate of mortality among the patients [50.2%]. Although most of the risk factors for suicide in our population were similar to what is already known in the literature, we found that married women in Kermanshah province were particularly at higher risk of killing themselves by the method of self immolation