objective: dysfunctional beliefs of tuberculosis patients have pivotal role in treatment and development of their serious psychiatric problems. cognitive group psychotherapy has been utilized to manage the dysfunctional beliefs. methods: in a quasi-experimental study and a pretest and posttest design, 24 male tubercular patients were selected by convenient sampling and then randomly assigned to...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotional regulation training group therapy, based on dialectical behavioral therapy (dbt) and cognitive therapy, on improving emotional regulation and distress tolerance skills and relapse prevention in addicts.in a quasiexperimental study, 39 patients with the diagnosis of opioid dependence based on dsm-iv criteria were randoml...

objective: aim of this experimental study is evaluating the effectiveness of two different approaches towards the treatment of major depressive disorder (mdd): positive-oriented psychotherapy and group cognitive-behavior therapy. methods: eighteen out-patients suffering from major depression were randomly divided into two groups to be treated according to either of these two approaches. both gr...

purpose: to examine the effectiveness of group cognitive-behavioral therapy (cbt) based on schema on impulsiveness of substance abusers in karaj. materials and methods: this study was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and control group. the statistical population of this study consisted of male substance abusers who referred to addiction treatment clinics of karaj in 2010. the sample ...

Objective: Dysfunctional beliefs of tuberculosis patients have pivotal role in treatment and development of their serious psychiatric problems. Cognitive group psychotherapy has been utilized to manage the dysfunctional beliefs. Methods: In a quasi-experimental study and a pretest and posttest design, 24 male tubercular patients were selected by convenient sampling and then randomly assigned...

OBJECTIVE This study will evaluate how decreasing depression severity via group psychotherapy affects the cognitive function of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) who are also diagnosed with depression and cognitive dysfunction. METHOD MS patients completed the Brief Repeatable Battery of Neuropsychological Tests and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The group members diagnosed with depress...

purpose: to investigate the effectiveness of metacognitive therapy in patients with major depressive disorder. the population of this study included all patients admitted to the army hospital no. 520 diagnosed with major depressive disorder from which 30 individuals were selected by using random sampling into experimental and control groups (n = 15 experimental and n = 15 control). materials an...

Psychodynamic concepts about borderline personality disorder are reviewed and the literature concerning psychotherapeutic treatment of this group is examined. The treatment contexts considered include: psychoanalysis and intensive (expressive) psychoanalytic psychotherapy, supportive psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, family therapy, in-patient treatment, the therapeutic community, cognitive-b...