objective: the present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of metacognitive therapy (mct) and cognitive-behavior therapy (cbt) in treating iranian patients with major depressive disorder (mdd). methods: thirty three outpatients meeting dsm-iv-tr criteria for mdd without any other axis i and ii disorders were randomly assigned to one of three treatment conditions, i.e. mct, cbt and pharmaco...

objective: although treatments with demonstrated efficacy exist for obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd) researches on the effectiveness of combined treatment versus psychotherapy or drug treatment are controversial. the aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of metacognitive therapy (mct), fluvoxamine and the combination of mct with fluvoxamine treatment in treating patients with ocd. me...

objective: this study aimed to examine the effectiveness of metacognitive therapy on decreasing depression in women with breast cancer. a single-case design was employed in this research.  methods: an ab form of single-subject experimental design was used in this study with 3 baselines (every 10 days) before intervention stage and two measurements during intervention stage and one follow-up (af...

objectives: the aim of present study was examining the effectiveness of group metacognition treatment on metacognition beliefs in women with breast cancer. method: in a quasi-experimental design, with pre-test and post-test and control group, 24 patients with a diagnosis of breast cancer, among patients who referred to the division of oncology and  radiotherapy of  imam hossein hospital  in teh...

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)...

the purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of eclectic model based on acceptance and commitment therapy (act) and metacognitive therapy (mct) on symptoms in patient with pure generalized anxiety disorder. the research method was clinical experimentation with pre-posttest and control group. statistic community was all of the men and women patients that suffered from pure g...

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 purpose of the present study was to compare the efficacy of metacognitive therapy with cognitive therapy on reducing test anxiety and meta-worry among students. methods: the present study is a quasi-experimental research with pre- and post-test design with a control group. study population comprised all female students of tarbiat-modaresuniversity of tehran and sample included 15...

Background and Objectives :The purpose of this study was to compare metacognitive therapy compared to positive therapy on symptoms of depression and psychological well-being.  Methods: The female patients with confirmed coronary artery disease and Addmited to the CCU ward in the first half of 2019 were included in the study. Patients were selected using t...