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The aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of matrix therapy on reducing the temptation of stimulant drug users under treatment. In this research, a semi-experimental method with a pre-test and post-test design was used with a control group, and the statistical population consisted of 70 male stimulant drug users who referred to the addiction treatment centers of Mashhad in the first six months of 2022. 30 of them were selected by the available sampling method and based on the research entry criteria, and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups of 15 people. The tools used in this research were Connor and Davidson's resilience questionnaire (2003) and Salehi Federdi et al.'s drug temptation questionnaire (2007). The experimental group received matrix therapy for 24 sessions of 120 minutes, two sessions a week, and the control group did not receive training, and data analysis was done using the covariance analysis method based on SPSS 25 software. The findings showed that matrix treatment can create a significant difference in the mean scores of resilience and the temptation to use of patients and lead to an increase in resilience and a decrease in the temptation to use of the experimental group in the post-test (P<0.001). The result of this research shows that the matrix therapy has a good practical ability to increase resilience and reduce the temptation to use stimulants and can be used as a beneficial treatment option by psychologists

The issue of separation of couples for any reason can have devastating psychological effects on family members, and depression is one of such major problems. Accordingly, the present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy on depression in single-parent adolescent girls in secondary schools in Tuyserkan.

In this study, a quasi-experimental method with pre-test and post-test design with control group was used and its statistical population consisted of all single high school female students in Tuyserkan in the academic year 2020, of which 30 students were selected by available sampling method based on the inclusion criteria and randomly placed in two groups of 15 experimental and control. For both groups, the pre-test, including Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was performed and the experimental group underwent dialectical behavioral therapy for 10 sessions of 90 minutes and the control group did not receive any intervention. Both groups completed the post-test again and the results were analyzed by analysis of covariance.

The results showed dialectical behavior therapy is effective in reducing the symptoms of depression and the subjects in the experimental group compared to the control group showed a significant reduction in depression and its cognitive, emotional, and physical symptoms.Discussion and

The results of this study show that this therapeutic approach can be used to reduce cognitive and emotional problems in depressed people.