AU - Golmohammadnezhad Bahrami, Gholam Reza AU - Soleimannezhad, Akbar AU - Alizadeh, Sara TI - INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COGNITIVE THERAPY FOR REDUCING WEIGHT ON OBESE OR OVERWEIGHT AND DEPRESSED PEOPLE PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - URMIAMJ JN - URMIAMJ VO - 23 VI - 5 IP - 5 4099 - http://umj.umsu.ac.ir/article-1-1495-en.html 4100 - http://umj.umsu.ac.ir/article-1-1495-en.pdf SO - URMIAMJ 5 AB  -   Background & Aims: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive therapy for reducing weight on obese or overweight and depressed people.   Materials & Methods: Present study is a quasi-experimental study with pretest and post test that was performed on 30 female students by completing MMPI questionnaire and Beck depression test, body mass index .   Results: The data were analyzed through analysis of covariance and t-test. The findings showed that, in the experimental group, Lower body mass index and depression is more after treatment than control group.   Conclusion: It can be concluded that cognitive therapy can help reduce weight and its complications and be beneficial in the long run. CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - URMIAMJ PG - 521 PT - Research YR - 2012