فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Background: Psychotherapy is a process in which the therapist tries to use the best methods to help the patients with mental disorders to improve symptoms, increase quality of life, social functioning, and self-esteem and reduce the length of hospitalization in psychiatric wards. Objectives: The current research aimed to examine the effect of psychotherapy services on the length of hospitalization in the patients with mental disorders. Results: Results of the current study showed a significant difference between the two groups regarding the length of hospitalization; findings indicated that the length of hospitalization was virtually different in the studied population after the intervention (P < 0.05). Conclusions: Psychotherapy interventions can reduce the length of hospitalization in the patients with mental disorders.