Compassion Fatigue, Compassion Satisfaction and Related Factors in Pediatric Wards: A Narrative Review Study.

Working with chronically ill children can overwhelm for professionals. It is necessary to study the factors related to compassion fatigue and satisfaction in order to effectively deal with it. Using a narrative review and inclusion criteria, we searched online databases for related studies from 2000 to 2023.

Systematic Review Overview: Violence Against Adults with Disabilities.

This study aimed to conduct an overview of systematic reviews in the field of violence against adults with disability. Eight electronic databases as well as gray literature from January 2022 to April 2023 were searched to identify systematic reviews that focused on violence against adults with disabilities. A total of 13 high-quality systematic reviews were included in the overview.

Tele-psychotherapy for individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder during the COVID-19 outbreak: A qualitative study.

Background: One way of delivering psychological services is tele-psychotherapy, which has attracted significant attention as a viable approach. This study aimed to identify important variables in the application of tele-counseling and psychotherapy for the treatment of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in Isfahan, Iran.

Materials And Methods: This research employed an exploratory qualitative methodology.

Moving Forward: A Close Look at Healing Process After Traumatic Parental Death.

Recovery from traumatic grief after parental loss is a challenging and gradual process. The current study aimed to capture the rich and nuanced experiences of adolescents' healing process after traumatically losing their parent(s). A phenomenological approach was utilized for data collection and analysis.

Agency in the process of change: Investigating the experience of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and their counsellors.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore how client's agency appears in the narratives of patients with obsessive compulsive disorder.

Methods: A qualitative descriptive design was used as a study design and a thematic analysis was employed to collect and analyse the data. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 37 participants (26 patients with obsessive compulsive disorder and 11 counselors).

Post-traumatic growth of Afghan adolescents after traumatic loss of father.

Adolescents' mental health may be influenced either negatively or positively through loss of a parent, especially bereavement due to a traumatic death. This descriptive phenomenological study aimed to investigate Afghan adolescents' post-traumatic growth after traumatic loss of father. The participants were 14 female and male Afghan adolescents who met the inclusion criteria.

COVID-19 and challenges of assistive technology use in Iran.

Purpose: Assistive technology users may encounter challenges and inequality in having an access to health information and care during the emergency or in a crisis time. This issue seems to be understudied in most developing countries. The aim of this study was to explore the challenges faced by Iranian people with disabilities faced during the COVID-19 pandemic as far as the use of assistive technology is concerned.

Validation of the Persian version of the Positive Mental Health Scale.

Background: Positive mental health (PMH) is a factor of far-reaching salutogenetic importance. The present study aimed at validating the Persian version of the Positive Mental Health Scale (PMH-Scale).

Methods: Reliability and validity of the Persian version of the PMH-Scale were established in an Iranian student sample (N = 573).

Classification of psychiatric symptoms using deep interaction networks: the CASPIAN-IV study.

Identifying the possible factors of psychiatric symptoms among children can reduce the risk of adverse psychosocial outcomes in adulthood. We designed a classification tool to examine the association between modifiable risk factors and psychiatric symptoms, defined based on the Persian version of the WHO-GSHS questionnaire in a developing country. Ten thousand three hundred fifty students, aged 6-18 years from all Iran provinces, participated in this study.

Beyond a traumatic loss: The experiences of mourning alone after parental death during COVID-19 pandemic.

Millions of adolescents around the world lost their loved ones due to the COVID-19 pandemic; at the same time, health protocols in many countries do not allow mourners to practice their familiar rituals around death and dying. This study explored the experience of 15 Iranian adolescents who had lost their parent(s) during the pandemic through a phenomenological approach. Two main themes including and were extracted from the interviews.

A Critical Analysis of Intimate Partner Sexual Violence in Iran.

According to global data, intimate partner violence and its corresponding impact threaten the lives of almost 35% of women at some point in their life. The aim of this research was to explore the effects of intimate partner sexual violence on women's sense of self-efficacy when it comes to speaking out against violence and seeking help. In-depth interviews and a thematic analysis approach were employed to collect and analyze the data.