objective: the purpose of the present study was to compare response inhibition and cognitive appraisal in clients with acute stress disorder, clients with posttraumatic stress disorder, and normal individuals . method:  this  was a comparative study. the sample consisted of 40 clients with acute stress disorder, 40 patients with posttraumatic stress disorder, and 40 normal individuals from maza...

conclusion the results of this study show that adding mbct to pharmacotherapy in treatment of dysthymic patients can cause significant improvement in depression symptoms and mindfulness skills in patients compared to pharmacotherapy alone. results in this study, no statistically significant differences were found between the two groups regarding the demographic characteristics. the mean differe...

the present study examined the effect of grouped meta-cognitive therapy on meta-cognitive beliefs of patients' suffering from generalized anxiety disorder. this research is a quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design with control group in which two groups of experiment and control are used. the present study population includes all state universities, islamic azad universities ...

conclusions in our population of elderly individuals in northern iran, h. pylori infection was not associated with cognitive impairment in this large population. results the study was performed on 1514 individuals with an average age of 69.3 ± 7.4 years. overall, 836 (55.2 %) of the participants were male. furthermore, 68.7% of the participants had normal mmse score and 75.7% were seropositive ...

objectives: the aim of this research is to compare cognitive flexibility and adjustment between two groups of students with developmental coordination disorder (dcd) and typically developing students. methods: for this purpose, 50 students with dcd and 50 typically developing students were chosen among 12 primary schools. the developmental coordination disorder questionnaire (dcd-q), adjustment...

the present study aimed to examine the efficacy of metacognitive therapy in treatment of patients with pure obsession.six patients suffering from pure obsession were selected using purposeful sampling method and were included after meeting the inclusion criteria of the study. patients were assessed using the structured clinical interview for dsm- iv axis i disorder - patient edition (scid- i/p)...

cognitive appraisals of the trauma play a key role in children’s adjustment following a traumatic event, but how these appraisals develop is not well understood. cognitive models of posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd) suggest that social support is a key influence on the development of appraisals, and we aimed to explore this relationship further. as predicted by cognitive models of ptsd, we h...

results there was no statistically significant difference between the mmse scores of the two groups before surgery (p = 0.6), but the mmse test conducted at the pacu revealed significantly better cognitive outcomes in the d group than in the r group in patients younger and older than 65 years (p = 0.03 and p = 0.0001, respectively). conclusions this study revealed that dexmedetomidine may be a ...

background due to the lack of enough researches on the impaired underlying mechanisms in the obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) and also existence of new psychological therapies such as metacognitive therapy and neurofeedback, the application of mentioned mechanisms in the new therapies can be introduced as a possible effective option with more long term effects to treat ocd. objectives the cu...

objective: the aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the metacognitive model in treating post-traumatic stress disorder. method: in a single-subject experimental trial of multiple baseline type, the treatment process was carried out on an 18-year-old male subject. the patient satisfied the dsm-iv criteria for ptsd and was assessed for pre-duration and post treatment. the scales ...