fa تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Background: </strong>Disasters have adverse impacts on different aspects of human life. Psychosocial&nbsp;Rehabilitation is one of the fields which is usually overshadowed and ignored by physical&nbsp;rehabilitation or its importance does not receive proper attention. This research attempts to&nbsp;study some lessons learned from Psychosocial Rehabilitation based on disaster experiences&nbsp;in Iran.<br> <strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> This study has a conventional qualitative content analysis design.&nbsp;The participants of study were 15 people with direct experience of earthquake and 12 experts&nbsp;in this field. The study sample was selected by purposeful sampling method and the data were&nbsp;collected by semi-structured interviews.<br> <strong>Results:</strong> Lack of a suitable system to deliver Psychosocial Rehabilitation, challenge in&nbsp;establishing balance between short-term and long-term social and mental needs, lack of mental&nbsp;and social experts, inefficiency in using social capital and capacities are the most important&nbsp;lessons learned in this field.<br> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Lack of awareness of mental and social problems of affected people after disaster&nbsp;is one of the most important barriers in successful and stable rehabilitation. Psychosocial&nbsp;Rehabilitation requires a suitable structure and planning for all stages of disaster management.&nbsp;</p> Disasters, Earthquakes, Psychosocial rehabilitation, Iran 105 110 http://hdq.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-134-2&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Fardin Alipour No Department of Social Work, Research Center of Social Welfare Management, University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Hamidreza Khankeh hamid.khankeh@ki.se Yes Department of Disaster and Emergency Health, University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Mohammad Sabzi No Department of Social Work, University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Shokoufeh Ahmadi No Department of Disaster and Emergency Health, University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Isa Malmir No Research Center of Health Management, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.