This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of virtual reality-based worry exposure therapy on the severity of symptoms and cognitive avoidance in patients with symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder. This study was conducted in the framework of a single-subject experimental design using multiple baselines with a 6-week follow-up. Three women with GAD were selected through a structured clinical...

Abstract Background & Aims: This study was aimed to examination the relationship of behavioral inhibition/activation systems and positive and negative cognitive emotion regulation strategies with depression sign and symptoms in patients with major depression disorder. Materials & Methods: The method was a descriptive and correlation study and the statistical population included all male p...

During the Covid-19 epidemic, the mental health of nurses and staff in patient-related wards is critical. The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation in the relationship between perceived vulnerability to disease and the experience of post-traumatic stress symptoms in the caregiving staff of patients with Covid-19. The present study is basic resea...

 AbstractObjectives: Present research based on cognitive- behavior theory aimed to investigate the efficacy of cognitive- behavior therapy (CBT) on perfectionism, need for approval, and affective, cognitive, and physical symptoms of depression in pain disorder patients. Method: Using single case study design, 3 female patients afflicted with pain disorder were asse-ssed on stages at pre-test, m...

This study was a comparative evaluation conducted to assess the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral religious-cultural therapy in addition to medication treatment versus medication treatment alone and cognitive-behavioral therapy in addition to medication treatment in improvement of anxiety disorder (obsessive-compulsive). 15 obsessive-compulsive patients (5 males & 10 females) wi...