cognitive restructuring and exposure therapy have been integrated into a highly structured package for the treatment of social phobia termed cognitive-behavioral group therapy (cbgt). the first two sessions of cbgt for social phobia are devoted to training clients in the basic tenets of cognitive therapy. clients learn to identify their own irrational thoughts and to challenge the content of th...

abbasid era is one of the most precious ears among islamic literature ones. taking no notice of the privileges of the aforementioned period, the critics have considered its abominations. appraising this era’s literature with scrutiny, one would culminate that on the contrary, there were lots of famous literati who have endeavored in favor of promulgation of social and human values such as abota...

background: pregnant women rely heavily on informal information while making a decision about the mode of delivery they would rather have, either as normal vaginal delivery (nvd) or cesarean section (cs). through recognition of social attitudes towards different modes of delivery, societies can be directed towards a positive understanding of vaginal delivery, which can ultimately lead to matern...

background: this study’s objective was to evaluate the role of psychological adjustment in the decision-making process to have an abortion and explore individual variables that might influence this decision. methods: in this cross-sectional study, we sequentially enrolled 150 women who made the decision to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy in maternity dr. alfredo da costa, in lisbon, portugal,...