Introduction:The spiritual health is the most important socio-cultural factors that related to mental health. Aim:The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between mental health and spiritual health in students of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences in 2014. Method:The study was descriptive-correlative. The participants were of 436 436 freshman students. The questionnaires includes demographic information, Palutzian Spiritual Health Questionnaire (20 item) that 10 questions measure religious health and 10 questions measure existential health. mental health was measured by GHQ-28 ( somatic symptoms, anxiety symptoms, the symptoms of social dysfunction and depression)with cutoff point of 23. Data were analyzed, by using 22 SPSS statistical software and Pearson correlation, t-test and one way ANOVA.Results: 63/5%of student were female and 91/7% of the student were single. Nearly 72% were t20-18 years. 58/9% of the participants were native.67/3% have high spiritual health, 95/2%with high religious health and84/2% have elevated their health.87/2% of participants had sufficient mental health and12/8% were suspected of mental vulnerability. Although there was a significant relationship between religious health and health with mental health (P 0<001). Conclusion:The higher spiritual health, psychological trauma will be less. In other words, we can use the spiritual health of the students as a predictor of mental crisis in them.

Introduction: Chronic pain is one of the most prevalent reasons of referral to health centers. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) has been shown to be an effective treatment for chronic pain. The current study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Materials and Methods: CBT was evaluated in 8 sessions of up to 50 minutes in 4 patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. A multiple baseline with a follow up of 1 month was used. Patients were randomly allocated to baselines and outcome and assessed via Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS), Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Cognitive Coping Strategies Inventory (CCSI). Results: Results showed that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy was effective in reduction of depression, pain Catastrophzing and pain intensity, and improvement of coping strategies. These effects were maintained to some extent in the follow up. Conclusion: Psychological as well as medical treatment can be helpful in the patients with chronic pain.

With the emergence of the third wave of cognitive-behavioral therapies that are mainly based on mindfulness and acceptance, "compassion" and "self-compassion" have also been studied. Kristin Neff ( 2003) conceptualized the construct of self-compassion and introduced some scales to assess it. The purpose of current study is to illustrate of self-compassion and its components. It also deals with; the relationship of self-compassion with psychopathology and well-being, its differentiation from self-esteem, source of compassion, and its role in therapeutic settings. The data used in the current study which was done in 2019, was collected from articles indexed in databases, PubMed, Science-Direct, Google Scholar and Scopus. The collection of reviewed studies consisted of 35 articles covering both quantitative and qualitative research in English since year 2003. The findings show that higher self-compassion is associated with lower anxiety and depression and higher psychological well-being. Furthermore, Self-compassion leads to positive emotions. According to Gilbert (2009), self-compassion is rooted in one's relationships with early caregivers, but research has shown that psychological interventions can improve it. Although, self-compassion has introduced in recent years, it has led to many studies. Selfcompassion can be enhanced with treatments such as Mindful Self Compassion (MSC), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT).

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