Solution-Focused Brief Therapy in Iran: A Scoping Review of the Outcome Literature

ABSTRACT

Purpose

A considerable body of research literature on solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) with clinically diverse populations in Iran has emerged over the past 15 years but has yet to be comprehensively reviewed. This scoping review was conducted to synthesize literature evaluating SFBT interventions in Iran to identify key areas for potential evidence-based recommendations and focus future research priorities.

Method

We reviewed the SFBT intervention literature using broad eligibility criteria to identify studies published before June 2020 in English or Persian/Farsi that investigated the effects of SFBT for populations in Iran. Two reviewers independently screened all potentially eligible references and completed data extraction for all eligible studies.

Results

Of the 77 eligible outcome studies, 78% reported positive intervention effects for a wide range of applications across ages and fields of practice.

Discussion

Our results demonstrate that solution-focused interventions in Iran are heterogeneous, and a wide variety of methodologies have been used to evaluate their effectiveness.

KEYWORDS:

• Solution-focused brief therapy
• SFBT
• Iran
• Iranian population
• scoping review

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the Solution Focused Brief Therapy Association.