Department of General and Clinical Psychology

General and Clinical Psychology is a special sub-discipline in psychology that integrates psychological knowledge to research, evaluate, prevent, diagnose and treat human abnormalities, disabilities, and mental disorders. Owing to the unique biological, psychological, and social dimensions of human beings, Clinical Psychology is a crucial field that, through integration and application of science, theory, and practice, seeks to understand and predict human behaviour and reduce incompatibilities and anxieties. Clinical psychologists work to promote human adjustment and personal growth, increase human beings' psychological well-being and excellence, and maintain mental health and maturity at the social level.
Department of General and Clinical Psychology is currently admitting students in Bachelors, Masters, and PhD levels. Due to the urgent need for training specialised graduates in the areas of General and Clinical Psychology, the Department has ever since its establishment tried to offer relevant degree programmes to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
To date, there are 9 full-time faculty members teaching and researching in the Department. The faculty members are offering the latest advances in various branches and areas of General and Clinical Psychology. Of the 9 faculty members, 4 members are full professors, 1 member is associate professor, and 4 members are assistant professors.
Moreover, there are currently about 347 students studying in the Department. Since 1993, a total of 1829 students have graduated from the Department. In the 2018-2019 academic year, a total of 87 freshmen were admitted into the Department and 55 students were graduated.

Degree Programmes

The programmes offered in the Department of General and Clinical Psychology are introduced and specified below.

Bachelors Degree Programme

Psychology: The bachelor's degree programme in Psychology started to admit students in 1984. The programme is offered at Allameh Tabataba'i University for a period of 4 years, 8 semesters.

Masters Degree Programmes

General Psychology: The master's degree programme in General Psychology started to admit students in 1988. The programme is offered at Allameh Tabataba'i University for a period of 2 years, 4 semesters. After passing the taught courses, students have to prepare and defend a masters dissertation to receive their degrees.
Clinical Psychology: The master's degree programme in Clinical Psychology started to admit students in 2005. The programme is offered at Allameh Tabataba'i University for a period of 2 years, 4 semesters. After passing the taught courses, students have to prepare and defend a masters dissertation to receive their degrees.
Industrial-Organizational Psychology: The master's degree programme in Industrial-Organizational Psychology (also known as the I/O Psychology) started to admit students in 2016. The programme is offered at Allameh Tabataba'i University for a period of 2 years, 4 semesters. After passing the taught courses, students have to prepare and defend a masters dissertation to receive their degrees.

PhD Degree Programmes

Psychology: The PhD degree programme in Psychology started to admit students in 1990. The programme is offered at Allameh Tabataba'i University for a period of 4 years, 8 semesters. Students have to pass 18 taught credits followed by another 18 dissertation credits, 36 credits in total. After passing the 18 taught credits, students have to sit a "comprehensive exam" and receive a minimum mark of 16, out of 20. After the Comprehensive Exam, the PhD candidates are allowed to choose their dissertation titles and prepare their proposals with the help of supervisors and advisors.
General Psychology: The PhD degree programme in General Psychology is offered at Allameh Tabataba'i University for a period of 4 years, 8 semesters. The same rules specified above for the PhD Degree Programme in "Psychology" are also applied to this programme.
Clinical Psychology: The PhD degree programme in Clinical Psychology started to admit students in 2019. The programme is offered in Allameh Tabataba'i University for a period of 4 years, 8 semesters. The same rules specified for the above PhD degree programmes are also applied to this programme.

Department Head

Dr. Abolghasem Isamorad Roodboneh
PhD in Psychology from Allameh Tabataba'i University (2009).
Faculty Member
Email Address: a_isamorad@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 3272
Research Interests: Social psychology; Social Psychopathology of Family (diagnosis and treatment); Indigenous, religious and spiritual affairs.
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Faculty Members

To date, 9 full-time faculty members are employed and collaborating with the Department in providing educational and research services to the students and researchers. The faculty members of the Department are briefly introduced below. The names are sorted alphabetically.
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Dr. Ahmad Borjali
PhD in Psychology from Allameh Tabataba'i University (1999).
Faculty Member
Email Address: borjali@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 3202
Research Interests: Clinical psychology; Developmental psychology; Mental disorders: Anxiety, Depression, Family and mental disorder, OCD, Addiction.
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Dr. Hossein Eskandari
PhD in Psychology from Allameh Tabataba'i University, Iran (1999).
Faculty Member
Email Address: sknd@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 3278
Research Interests: Clinical psychology; Industrial-organizational psychology; Cognitive psychology; Family therapy; Group therapy; Narrative therapy.
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Dr. Farideh Hosseinsabet
PhD in Psychology from Allameh Tabataba'i University, Iran (2008).
Faculty Member
Email Address: hoseinsabet@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 3261
Research Interests: Clinical psychology; Psychotherapy; Personality; Psychology of religion.
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Dr. Faramarz Sohrabi Asmarod
PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Manchester, England (1998).
Faculty Member
Email Address: sohrabi@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 3279
Research Interests: Clinical and health psychology; Psychology of religion and spirituality; Emerging social psychopathology (Individual, family, Community).
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Dr. Mahdi Khanjani
PhD in Psychology from Shahid Beheshti University, Iran (2014).
Faculty Member
Email Address: khanjani_m@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 3196
Research Interests: Positive psychology; Industrial-organizational psychology; Experimental psychology; Social psychology; Organizational psychology; Developmental psychology; Positive emotions; Character strengths; Positive organizations.
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Dr. Mahdi Moeini
Psychiatrist, with a subspecialty in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry from Tehran University of Medical Sciences (2014).
Faculty Member
Email Address: ...@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.: ---
Research Interests: Neurodevelopmental disorders; Treatments based on new technologies; Adolescent addiction; Mood disorders in children and adolescents.
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Dr. Abdollah Motamedi
PhD in Psychology from Tarbiat Modares University, Iran (2002).
Faculty Member
Email Address: moatamedy@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 3273
Research Interests: Evolutionary psychology; Personality psychology; Geropsychology; Cultural and indigenous psychology; Psychology of religion; Qualitative research.
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Dr. Zohreh Rafezi
PhD in Psychology from Allameh Tabataba'i University (2011).
Faculty Member
Email Address: rafezi.zohreh@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 3263
Research Interests: Social cognition; Motivation, emotion, and cognition; Industrial-organisational psychology; Psychological data science.
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