samira mansouri

Chronic mental illnesses are unidentified and vague disorders, along with recurring periods and psychological symptoms that significantly affect individual's performance. Accordingly, this study was aimed to determine the efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy and comparing it with cognitive behavioral therapy on coping methods, difficulty in emotion regulation and mental health among caretakers of chronic mental patients.

The present study is a test with the pre-test-post-test design and a control group. The statistical population of this study included the caretakers of the chronic mental patients of Karaj in 2021. In this population, 30 were selected (15 people in study groups and 15 people in control groups) by the convenience sampling method and were randomly placed in two study and control groups. The Billings and Mouse coping strategies scale, the difficulties in emotion regulation scale of Gratz and Roemer, 2004, and the general health of GHQ have been used in two pre-test and post-test stages to collect the data. SPSS25 software and inferential statistics test of the multi-variable covariance were used for data analysis.

Results indicated that there was no significant difference between therapy based on acceptance and commitment and cognitive behavioral therapy in problem-oriented strategic variables (F = 37.29, p = 0.001), emotion-oriented strategy (F=18.85, P=0.001), and general health (F = 74.78, p = 0.001) among the two groups under treatment. There was a significant difference between the variable of the difficulty of emotion regulation (F=76.55, P=0.001) among the two treatment groups. Therefore, the modified means, the modified average of acceptance and commitment therapy was less than the behavioral cognitive group.

It seems that both approaches play an essential role in enhancing mental health and coping strategies and difficulty in emotion regulation among caretakers of chronic mental patients.

In Qajar period, due to ethnic interests and characteristics, and also because of continuing traditions of court, garden making was taken into consideration. In Tehran, which was the capital and the home town for the royals, a number of gardens were created by kings, courtiers and princes. Bagh-i Ferdows is one of those gardens which was established by one of courtiers near to Mohammadiyeh Palace, owned by Mohammad Shah. This garden was noteworthy for many years and the family of Moayer al-Mamalek and other owners tried to complete and improve it. The only survived parts of the garden are the mansion built by Doust Ali Khan-i Moayer al-Mamalek, which has been devoted to Cinema Museum, and some part of the garden around this building.Although the majority of garden’s parts have been separated and their land uses have been changed, it is possible to retrieve the original structure and form of the garden based on remained documents and texts. This paper tries to recognize the original features of the garden and its evolution over the time according to field researches and historical documents. Retrieving the original spatial structure and form was done based on studying different parts and elements of the garden, particularly in five categories, after an attempt to recognize the garden. Surrounding context and original and destroyed arena, the entrances and passages, remained trees, irrigation system and also significant buildings are those five categories. These categories and the information derived from them, which in some cases present an image of the garden structure, all together create a true perception of general form of the garden.