DR. Nahaleh Moshtagh Publications

Publications

 

Moshtagh, N. (2020) Reply to Essig. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association.

Moshtagh, N. (2020) Spatially Distant but Emotionally Close: A Personal Reflection on Psychoanalytic Distance Training. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association.

Movahedi, S. and Moshtagh, N. (2018). Persian Tales on the Couch: Notes on Folktales as the Mirror of Contemporary Cultural Struggles with Gender and Sexuality. International Forum of Psychoanalysis, 28(2), 115-124.

Moshtagh, N. (2017). A book review on “Winnicott’s babies and Winnicott’s patients. Psychoanalysis as the transitional space. By Margaret Boyle Spelman. London. Karnac Books”. Psychoanalytic Review, 104(3), 374-380.

Movahedi, S., Moshtagh, N. (2016). Your Smartphone is Watching You: Evocative Objects of Influence and Fear of Breakdown. Psychoanalytic Review, 103(5), 643-668.

Moshtagh, N. (2015). The Repression of the Bad Oedipal Mother in Psychoanalysis. Modern Psychoanalysis, 40(2), 176-192.

Teimourpour, N., Moshtagh, N., Pourshahbaz, A. & Bahrami, H. (2014) Sexual Desire in Iranian Female University Students: Role of Marital Satisfaction and Sex Guilt. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

Teimourpour, N., Moshtagh, N., Pourshahbaz, A. (2013) The Relationship of Attachment Styles, Marital Satisfaction, and Sex Guilt with Sexual Desire in Iranian Women. Practice in Clinical Psychology.

ShayestehKhou, Sh., Moshtagh, N., Pourshahbaz A. (2013). The Effectiveness of Project RESPECT in Reducing Sexual Risk Behaviors of Male-to-Female Transgender Patients. Practice in Clinical Psychology.

Chamykarpour, M., Pourshahbaz, A., Dolatshahi, B. & Moshtagh, N. (2012) Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of “The Gender Role Conflict Scale” (GRCS). Knowledge and Research in Applied Psychology.

Andouz, Z., Dolatshahi, B., Moshtagh, N.& Dadkhah, A. (2012) The Efficacy Of Metacognitive Therapy On Patients Suffering From Pure Obsession. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry

Shakiba, Sh., Mohammadkhani, P., Pourshahbaz, A. & Moshtagh, N. (2011). The Efficacy Of Brief Object Relation Psychotherapy On Major Depressive Disorder Comorbid With Cluster C Personality Disorders: A Single Subject Study. Medical Journal of Islamic Republic of Iran

Teimourpour, N., Moshtagh, N.& Pourshahbaz, A. (2011). The Relationship Between Attachment Styles and Sexual Desire Among Iranian Women. Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Chamikarpou, M., Pourshahbaz, A., Dolatshahi, B. & Moshtagh, N. (2010). Gender Role Conflict, Character And Personality Layers Among Men. Contemporary Psychology

Teimourpour, N., Moshtagh, N. & Pourshahbaz, A.(2010). Sexual Guilt, Age, Marriage Duration and Sexual Satisfaction Among Women. Contemporary Psychology

Moshtagh, N., Yazdandoost, R., Birashk, B. & Schottenfeld, R. (2006) Family environment of detoxified opiate addicts in Iran and its relationship with symptoms of anxiety and depression. Contemporary Family Therapy

Moshtagh, N. & Dezhkam, N (2004). Women, Gender and Mental Health in Iran, Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Culture

Moshtagh, N. (2000). Cognitive-behavior therapy. Olum Shenakhti (Cognitive Sciences)

1,2: 35-40.

Moshtagh, N. (1997). Substance Abuse Prevention. Olum Shenakhti (Cognitive Sciences) 2,3 (Suppl): 31-41

 

BOOKS

 

Moshtagh, N. (2013). The Mother’s Language, Tehran: Mehrsa Publishing

Moshtagh, N. (2012). Mother and the Infant’s Gender, Tehran: Mehrsa Publishing

Moshtagh, N. (2011). Good Mother – Bad Mother. Tehran: Mehr o Mah Publishing

 

TRANSLATIONS

 

Moshtagh, N. (2017). (Translator) Phillips, A. (1988). Winnicott. Tehran: Arjmand Publishing.

Moshtagh, N. (2013). (Translator) Sandler J., Dare C. & Holder C. (2007). The Patient and the Analyst, Tehran: Arjmand Publishing

Moshtagh, N. (2001). (Translator) Adolphs R. (1999). Social Cognition and The Human Brain. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 3(12): 469-479. Olum Shenakhti (Cognitive Sciences) 3,4: 61-72.

Moshtagh, N. (2001). (Translator) Sternburg R J & Kaufman J C. (1998). Human abilities. Annual Review of Psychology. 49: 479-502. Olum Shenakhti (Cognitive Sciences) 2,3: 44-59.

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & PARTICIPATION

 

Cultural Backgrounds of Development of Technique in Psychoanalysis, presented at the 2nd Annual Congress of Iranian Psychotherapy Association. Tehran. January, 2019.

The Hell of a Monophonic World in the Movie “Anomalisa”: Gender and Narcissism, presented at the 2nd Annual Congress of Iranian Psychotherapy Association. Tehran. January, 2019.

Case Formulation in Psychoanalysis, workshop at the 2nd Annual Congress of Iranian Psychotherapy Association. Tehran. February, 2019.

Winnicott’s holding environment and Bion’s Container/Contained Model, presented at the 10th Symposium of Iranian Psychotherapy Association. Tehran. September, 2018.

Long Distance Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, presented at the First Annual Congress of Iranian Psychotherapy Association. Tehran. February. 2017.

Psychoanalytic Theories of Trauma, presented at the First Annual Congress of Iranian Psychotherapy Association. Tehran. February. 2017.

Learning from Experience, presented at University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences. 2017.

Communication and Meta- Communication on Cyber Space, presented at the Second International Congress On Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, Tehran, November 2016.

Mind, Body, and The Social Construction of Virtual World (Co-authored with Siamak Movahedi), presented at Digital Sociology Conference, Annual Meeting of Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, March 2016.

Culture on the Couch: The Past Inside the Present and the Present Haunted by the Past, (Coauthored with Siamak Movahedi). Invited Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychological Anthropology, Boston, April 10, 2015.

Thoughts Without a Thinker: A Clinical Manifestation of Being Trapped by Bizarre Objects (Co-authored with Siamak Movahedi), International Congress of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, Tehran, Iran, October 12, 2014.

The Gendered Social Reality and the Images of Man and Woman in Cultural Storylines: A Narrative Analysis of the Old Persian Myths and Folktales (Co-authored with Siamak Movahedi), Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, March 2013

Psychoanalytic reading of culture: Gendered social reality in Persian Folktales. Presented in Tehran Institute of Psychiatry, Iran University of Medical Sciences, 2012.

Motherhood and Ambivalencey, Tehran Institute of Psychiatry. Iran University of Medical Sciences, 2010.

Masochistic Personality. Presented in Tehran Institute of Psychiatry. Iran University of Medical Sciences, 2009

Dynamics of Self-Defeating Behaviors, Presented in Rouzbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2009.

Substance Abuse in Iran, Presented at Colombia University. New York, 2007

Psychiatric Profiles of Transgender People in Iran: A psychological report. Presented in the 18th World Congress on Sexual Health. Sydney, Australia, 2007

Sexual Experiences and Fantasies of Homosexuals and Transsexuals in Iran. Presented in the 18th World Congress on Sexual Health. Sydney, Australia, 2007

The Basic Tenets of Evolutionary Psychology, Annual Meeting of the Iranian Psychological Association. Tehran/Iran. 2001

 

RESEARCH PROJECTS

 

Co-investigator, “Social Stigma, mental health, and HIV risk-taking behaviors: a comparison of Homosexuals and Transsexuals in the Islamic Republic of Iran”, registered in Yale School of Public Health

Co-investigator: “HIV/AIDS among Men having Sex with Men in Iran”, registered in and supported by UNAIDS and UNFPA

Co-investigator, “Domestic violence among Homosexuals in Iran”

Co-investigator: “Gendered and perceived social reality reflected in Persian myths and folktales”