Introduction. Social skills are considered an influential factor in the adaptation of individuals and their enjoyment mental health, lack these negatively affects individual’s various performances: professional, academic, family, societal, which may lead to isolation, introversion a feeling inferiority inferiority. Cognitivebehavioral therapy contributes developing communication skills, trainin...

The medical director of a child guidance center is starting a new treatment program. Following intense media coverage of adverse events associated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, depressed teens and their families are refusing to accept pharmacotherapy. The director has paid for three social work therapists to attend a cognitivebehavioral therapy (CBT) workshop, and these clinicia...

This paper examines the relationship between anxiety and performance from a cognitivebehavioral perspective. Previous research in the field has suggested that the majority of consultations conducted by sport psychologists are related to anxiety. Included is a discussion on the theoretical underpinnings of anxiety and how it relates to performance. Research conducted on the relationship between ...

This article discusses the non-academic, social-emotional factors that contribute to student academic achievement, including the cognitivebehavioral characteristics of underachieving students and those with learning disabilities; the ‘‘You Can Do It! Education’’ (YCDI) theory of achievement; derivative research on social-emotional capabilities, called the Five Foundations (Academic Confidence, ...

Great strides have been made in the conceptualization and treatment of anxiety disorders in the past two decades. However, fewer studies of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) were published between 1980 and 1997 than studies of panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, or post-traumatic stress disorder (Dugas, 2000). Nevertheless, efforts to understand and treat GAD have increased substant...

CASE HISTORY Mr. R was a 19-year-old, single, unemployed, homeless Hispanic male with a history of Tourette’s syndrome (TS), obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and posttraumatic stress disorder. In addition, he suffered from suicidal ideation, self-injurious behavior (superficial cutting and head banging), anxiety, depression, and anger outburst...

objectives: the present study has been conducted to determine the effectiveness of cognitivebehavioral group-therapy on the development of visually impaired adolescents' self-concept. methods: this study is a semi-experimental pre-test and post-test model. the study population consisted of visually impaired male students of the primary and secondary high school at the omid-e-mashhad educational...

Objectives: The present study has been conducted to determine the effectiveness of cognitivebehavioral group-therapy on the development of visually impaired adolescents’ self-concept. Methods: This study is a semi-experimental pre-test and post-test model. The study population consisted of visually impaired male students of the primary and secondary high school at the Omid...

This article proposes a new approach to health behavior change, the disconnected values (intervention) model (DVM). The DVM consists of predetermined cognitivebehavioral strategies for initiating and maintaining changes in health behavior, such as the implementation of an exercise program. The model consists of helping clients (a) examine the benefits, in contrast to the costs and long-term con...