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Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of group mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on cognitive emotion regulation in patients with type-2 diabetes. Method: This study is of quasi-experimental research type. Its research plan was in the form of two-groups (control and experimental groups) and includes three stages: pre-test, post-test and follow-up. The statistical population included all male and female patients aged between 30 and 50 in Tabriz in 2015, who received the diagnosis of type-2 diabetes. Using available sampling method, a sample of 24 patients was selected and randomly assigned to both experimental and control groups. Individuals in the experimental group received group therapeutic intervention in 8 sessions (60 to 90 minutes), and the control group received no intervention. Before the intervention, at the end of the meetings and at the one-month follow-up, both groups completed the cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire (CERQ). The data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance. Results: The results showed there is a significant difference between the two groups in terms of the use of cognitive emotion regulation strategies at the post-test and follow-up stages. Discussion: Although the drugs and lifestyle changes are the main pillars of modern treatment in diabetes management but the impact of psychological factors on the lives of people with various diseases has been proven.so the increase in general health and proper management of diabetes occurs when the psychological component is added to the medication. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy increases the use of adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies as psychosocial issues raised in this disease.

Introduction: Brain imaging studies have shown reduced activity in the frontal lobe in OCD patients. The aim of this study is compare functions of dorso-lateral prefrontal cortex and orbitofrontal cortex in OCD patients, obsessive beliefs group, and healthy group. Method: 21 college student with OCD, 21 college student with obsessive beliefs, and 22 normal college student were chosen by Madzeli obsessive- compulsive questionnaire, and OBQ-44 test. WCST and CPT tasks was performed on all subjects in 3 groups. Results: The data analysis showed that there were significant differences between OCD group, obsessive beliefs group, and healthy group in CPT variables(omission and commission error). There were not significant differences between OCD group, Obsessive Beliefs group, and healthy group in WCST variable(perseveration error). Conclusions: Obsessive-compulsive patients show deficits in orbitofrontal function, while this deficits have not seen in Obsessive Beliefs group and healthy group.

Introduction: This study aimed to predict symptoms of depression based on cognitive flexibility, rumination and mindfulness of students. Method: This design of current study was of descriptive correlational type. The study population consisted of all students enrolled in 2014-2015 school year in Tabriz Azad University, among which 180 were selected by random cluster sampling. Subjects completed cognitive flexibility Inventory (CFI), the Beck Depression Inventory 2 (BDI-II), rumination (RRS) and the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory. Multiple regression analysis was used to analyze the data. Results: The results showed that there is a significant negative correlation between cognitive flexibility and its subsets with depression (P

Background: lymphangioleiomyomatosisis (LAM) a rare and progressive lung disease in young women that can lead to death due to respiratory failure. LAM affects women in childbearing age. Respiratory distress, pneumothorax and chylothorax are the manifestation of this disease. Case report: The patient was a 42-year-old woman with relapsing pneumathorax and several boluses in both lungs. She underwent the 2-stage bilateral thoracotomy. She had no complications in a 15-months follow-up period.