this study investigated the effectiveness of cognitive – behavioral therapy, drug tehrapy, and their combination in treating obsessive – compulsive disorder. twenty one patients with obsessive – compulsive disorder were randomly assigned to three groups: cognitive – behavioral , clomipramine, and combined cognitive – behavioral and clomipramine treatment groups. treatment outcomes were analyzed...

abstract background and purpose: distress is an important issue with significant effects on nurses and patients in the nursing profession. this study aimed to investigate the effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (mbct) on the distress tolerance of nurses with job burnout. methods: this quasi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design and a control group. study pop...

to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis on controlled treatment trials of meta-cognitive therapy (mct) for anxiety disorders, studies were included if they employed controlled methodology and treated people above 18 years with anxiety disorders. case studies (with less than 4 cases) and single case designed studies were excluded. a comprehensive literature search identified 15 trials f...

in this investigation, the effect of group cognitive-behavior therapy in reduction of anxiety and dysfunctional attitude were studied on patients with generalized anxiety disorder (gad). 20 female participants were recognized to have gad by the researcher through a clinical interview on the basis of dsm-iv-tr standards and invited to take part in the study. they first filled in the dysfunctiona...

introduction: the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of group cognitive behavioral therapy in reducing anxiety and depression and glycemic control in children with type i diabetes. methods and matherials: the study was quasi- experimental with a pre-test, post-test design with control group. for this purpose, 30 children with diabetes were selected from imam reza hospital in m...

objective : the findings demonstrated that parents of children with cerebral palsy experience elevated levels of distress, depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress symptom and subjective symptom of stress and low quality of life. effective interventions targeting relapse have the potential to dramatically reduce the point prevalence of this condition. many studies have shown that mindfulness b...

background and aim : for various reasons hearing-impaired people have stress and fear of being in social situations. cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt) is known as one of the most valid therapies of social phobia. the aim of this research was to show the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy on the level of social anxiety in hearing-impaired adults. methods : the study population consisted o...