Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of treatment on reducing the additional psychiatric symptoms in a sample of recovered depressed patients.

Methods: A sample of 354 remitted depressed subjects recruited through community advertisement and clinical practices of psychiatrists and psychotherapists were randomly assigned to mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT), cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and treatment as usual groups. The mean age of the patients was 39.1 years, and they had an average of 2.19 episodes of previous depressions. Most patients were either married (50.8%) or single (41.0%). A lot of them were unemployed (60.7%), but nearly a third completed high school (35.6%) and half of them at least some post-secondary education (51.1%). Patients were assessed through the structured clinical interview for DSM-IV disorders (SCID) to be ensured of their fully recovered from their most recent episode of depression. Then, they were randomly assigned to 3 groups and assessed repeatedly through self-report measures, including brief symptoms inventory, and Beck depression
inventory.

Results: In this paper, the ancillary benefits of MBCT and CBT were explored. Results showed that in two active groups besides decrease in the rates of clinical depression, significant and lasting decreases in a range of other symptom scores of the brief symptom inventory occurred. These results suggest the benefits of the interventions in prevention programs for depression.

Conclusion: Both active treatments had significantly reduced relapse at 1–year follow up and affected additional symptoms compared to treatment as usual.

Objective: This study designed to achieve 3 objectives: first, to evaluate different forms of child abuse among junior high school male students in Tehran, Iran second, to study quality of life and general health levels of abusive parents and third, to demonstrate demographic characteristics of abusers.

Methods: Through a multistage cluster sampling a total of 1443 students were selected from 77588 male students. Then, they completed child abuse and trauma scale (CATS) and based on the results, abused students were recognized. In the second step, through a randomized systematic sampling, 38 abused students and 40 nonabused students were selected. Parents of these two groups were assessed and compared by quality of life questionnaire and general health questionnaire (GHQ).

Results: The most important forms of reported abuse included emotional abuse and negative family environment (83.1%), inattentive and neglect (14.2%), and physical abuse (2.65%).

Conclusion: Results showed that abusive parents had lower quality of life compared to their nonabusive counterparts. It seems that child abuse is related to lower quality of life and general health of the parents.

Objective: This survey aimed at studying the effects of socioeconomic and family factors in adolescents’ tendency towards smoking, alcohol consumption, and drug abuse.

Methods: Using multistage sampling, 3530 high school students were selected in Tehran, Iran. They completed the Iranian adolescents risk behavior scale questionnaire (IARS) and demographic questionnaire with the main focus on their parents’ information.

Results: The results indicated that adolescents’ tendency towards high risk behaviors are significantly related with family factors.

Conclusion: The existence of high risk behaviors among family members can positively predict adolescents’ risky behaviors.

Objective: This research aimed at evaluating the moderator role of school connection on the impact of violent friends towards aggressive behaviors in adolescent students of Tehran high schools.

Methods: A sample of 3529 participants from Tehran high school students was selected using multistage sampling method. Participants completed school connection questionnaire (SCQ), Iranian adolescents risk-taking scale (IARS), and a demographic questionnaire. Data were analyzed by regression analysis.

Results: School connection affected male and female students differently. In males, school commitment and belongingness (two dimensions of school connection) reduced the impact of friends’ violent behaviors. However, regarding female students, school connection acts independently of friends’ violent behavior and has no effect on it.

Conclusion: Preventive programs should consider gender differences. In males, enhancing school commitment and belongingness might reduce tendency to violence in spite of the violent behavior of friends. However in females, effective disciplines in school or having nonviolent friends might reduce tendency toward violent behaviors.

Objective: According to DSM-5, bipolar disorder is a condition in which the patient experiences one or several manic episodes and sometimes major depressive episodes too. The signs and symptoms of the disorders in DSM are generally influenced by cultural and ethnic factors. Therefore, the present study was aimed at identifying the clinical manifestations of mania in bipolar I disorder in Iranian population.
Methods: The present work is a cross-sectional study. The participants included 64 patients in the manic phase of bipolar I disorder who were selected from the Razi psychiatric hospital and the Taleghani Hospital, using a convenience sampling method. The study data were gathered using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-I) and the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS).
Results: According to the findings, the most common signs and symptoms of mania in hospitalized patients with bipolar I disorder included reduced need for sleep (89.1), poor insight (87.5), elevated mood (85.9), talkativeness (79.7), and psychotic features (68.8). The major symptoms of the patients according to DSM-5 criteria included reduced need for sleep (89.1), talkativeness (79.7), and psychomotor agitation (40.6). According to t-test analysis, patients with and without a history of mental disorders did not have significantly different mania scores. The one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) analysis indicated no significant difference in mania scores based on the age of onset of the disorder, marital status (single, married, divorced, or widow), education level, and number of hospitalizations. The chi-squared test revealed that patients with a lower education level showed more aggressive behaviors.
Conclusion: According to our results, since the response of a patient to a particular treatment is largely influenced by the symptoms of the disorder, clinicians should pay critical attention to the most common signs and symptoms of any mania.