Planned support and interventions are necessary in the care and support of women who have experienced stillbirth. The present study was conducted to determine the effect of psychological grief counseling on the symptom severity of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in mothers after stillbirths. This interventional study is semi-experimental. The study was conducted on 100 women who had recently had stillbirths. Eligible samples were selected and randomly divided into the two groups of intervention and control. The data collection tool was the PPQ, which was completed as a pre-test and post-test in both groups. The intervention group received four sessions of psychological grief counseling over two weeks, and the control group received only routine postnatal care. PTSD severity was evaluated in both groups at the end of the fourth week after the final session. The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference in the mean score of the severity of the PTSD symptoms in both groups after the intervention (P = 0.0001), which means that psychological grief counseling led to the reduction of PTSD severity in mothers. Given the positive impact of psychological grief counseling on reducing the severity of PTSD, integration of intensive psychological interventions in the maternity care system seems essential for faster transition of grief stages and for the prevention of severe cases of PTSD.

Background: An active intervention is necessary for the care and support of women who have experienced stillbirth. Objectives: The aim of the present study was to determine the impact of psychological counseling on the severity of grief symptoms in mothers after stillbirth. Methods: We conducted a semi-experimental study on 100 women who had experienced stillbirth in their most recent delivery in a Central Maternity Hospital affiliated to the University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran. Participants were randomly assigned to two groups: intervention (n = 50) and control (n = 50). The intervention group received four sessions of small-group psychological counseling over 2 weeks and the control group received the routine postnatal care. We evaluated the severity of grief symptoms in both the groups before the first counseling session as well as at the end of the fourth week following the final session (and at equivalent times in the control group) using the Perinatal Grief Scale. Data were analyzed using independent and paired t-tests, chi-square test, and analysis of covariance. Results: The mean total grief symptom score and three subscale scores (active grief, difficulty coping, and despair) were significantly lower in the participants who received psychological counseling than in those who received the routine care (P < 0.05). Conclusions: Counseling significantly reduces grief symptoms, allowing for faster transition from grieving and preventing complicated grief. It is, therefore, necessary to integrate psychological interventions into the care system for mothers.

Banking activities play a crucial role on economic growth along with initiation and continuation of manufacturing and service. This matter is done by suitable collection of liquidity (especially stranded assets) and correct conduction to proper manufacturing channels. Therefore, in banking industry, appropriate monetary policies and efficient performances of banks cause purpose achievement and significant change on national economy. Due to this fact that Iranian thriving banks are controlled by state, their performance evaluation is highly important. The current study aims to evaluate Sepah bank performance and its response to market demand in comparison with other banks. Due to market expansion and complicated economic relationship, market power and capital ratio Sepah bank activities in comparison to other banks have been assessed for the last 5 years have been assessed. This research estimate market share stability of Sepah bank during the period of 2007-2011 in Iran money market. The results of unit root test indicate that the unit root hypothesis is not rejected. In other words, Sepah bank market share stability is rejected. Moreover, this study determines the most effective factors on Iranian market share.That support the significant and positive effect of branch share, advertisement costs and information technology (IT) based share in surveyed period.