Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
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2 PhD, Department of Psychology, Women Research Center, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
3 Master of family counselling. Department of Psychology. Tehran University. Tehran. Iran
Abstract
Major depressive disorder is one of the significant challenges in the field of mental health. The present study aimed to qualitatively examine the role of psychotherapy based on the Holy Qur’an in the recovery process of depression in a depressed individual. This qualitative research employed a case study design using a baseline–intervention–follow-up framework. The selected case was a 60-year-old married woman living in Tehran with a bachelor’s degree and working as a homemaker. She was purposefully chosen from a population of women aged 19–60 diagnosed with major depressive disorder in Tehran in 2023. The participant received ten sessions of Qur’an-based psychotherapy for depression. Research instruments included the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Disorders (SCID), the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), and a Qur’an-based Depression Scale. Scores on these measures were assessed at three time points: pre-test, post-test, and one-month follow-up. The findings indicated a significant reduction in the participant’s scores on both the BDI-II and the Qur’an-based scale at post-test compared to pre-test, with treatment effects maintained at the one-month follow-up. Overall, the results suggest that Qur’an-based psychotherapy was effective in reducing depressive symptoms and improving major depressive disorder in this case.
Keywords
- Clinical Depression
- Spiritual-religious therapies
- Quranic-based psychotherapy
- Intervention
- Single-case study
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