The effectiveness of cognitive treatment, based on the presence of mind on the psychological well-being and mental health among elderly individuals

The high prevalence of anxiety and depression in old age and reduction of psychological well-being in this period of life is very significant. The purpose of the present study was examining the effectiveness of cognitive treatment, based on the presence of mind on the psychological well-being and mental health among elderly individuals. The statistical community of this clinical research with pre-test and post-test plan and the control group concluded all the elderly individuals of Babul city. Number of 20 cases (10: experimental group and 10: control group) were selected randomly. For collecting information, two psychological mental questionnaires of Ryff and mental health of Goldberg (GHQ) were used. To analyze the data, two descriptive statistics and the inference statistics (the covariance) were used.  The results showed that after applying the cognitive treatment based on the presence of mind, the psychological well-being was meaningfully increased.  Also all components including: positive emotions, negative emotions, stress-depression, neurosis, determination and happiness have been increased significantly. The mental health of elderly cases has been increased in experimental group (P<0.05). The results of the study revealed that cognitive treatment, based on the presence of mind is effective on the psychological well-being, mental health and mental health components among elderly individuals.