The Effectiveness of the Short-Term Pattern of Spiritually Multidimensional Psychotherapy (SMP) on Increasing Psychosocial Well-Being of Patients with Depression Syndrome

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the short-term pattern of Spiritually Multidimensional Psychotherapy (SMP) on increasing psychological well-being of patients with depression syndrome. This study was semi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design and a control group. The Statistical population of the study was 48 people, the depressed patients referring to the counseling center of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences and the Religious Counseling Center of Holy Shrine. According to Morgan's table, 40 patients (n=25 women, n=15 men) were selected through availability sampling and randomly placed into exprimental and control groups. The questionnail used in this study was Ryff psychological well being (1989). The exprimental group received 12 one-half-hour sessions of psychotherapy .The results of covariance analysis showed that there was a significant increase in psychological well-being component after intervention(P<0/001).The findings also showed that Spiritually Multidimensional Psychotherapy (SMP) can be activated by the spiritual dimension of the clients and consequently by forming a belief framework against cognitive challenges and encouraging them to lead a healthy lifestyle as well as inreasing their goals in life, hope and life satisfaction.

Keywords

• spiritually multidimensional psychotherapy
• psychosocial well-being
• depression