background attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (adhd) is a neurobehavioral condition characterized by poor attention, hyperactivity and misbehavior. parent training and behavioral therapy are psychosocial techniques aimed at training parents to manage and change their children’s behavior. objectives this study examined the impact of parent training and behavioral therapy to control adhd ch...

We describe a new and different behavioral model for individuals playing in repeated games, called Individual Evolutionary Learning (IEL). It is based on a flexible learning process, does not require calibration, and can handle very large strategy sets. It can be used as a computer testbed to study the probable performance of a wide range of mechanisms over a wide range of environments prior to...

thinking, language, cognition, the capacities for self-observation and self-evaluation, and the ability to project present conditions into the future. The child’s active participation in the process is perforce more sporadic and less reliable than that of the adult. (1978, p. 297) Finally, it is vital to stress that in addition to offering interpretations in the idiom of the play, the analyst m...

objectives : the present study was designed to examine, within the framework of cognitive-behavioral theory, the efficiency of cognitive-behavioral therapy in the treatment of depression among young adults. method: three case studies were carried out, with 15 – 17 year old females, suffering from depression. they were selected from among the patients referred to a psychiatrist's office. ea...

This study aims to analyze whether the combination of play therapy and speech effectively affects behavioral development children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). uses a quantitative method population in this are all autism who regular visitors at NU_Kids Integrated Therapy 1 2. The collection samples used purposive sampling method. results showed that most were given treatment only (Group ...

objectives: against the background of evidence-based treatments for schizophrenia resistant to medication, the implementation of cognitive-rehabilitation therapy (crt) becomes more important, especially about patients who don’t response to medication. there is less evidence for group format and face to face structure of crt and also for resistant to medication patients. this research investigat...

objective: to compare the effectiveness of group training of stress management with cognitive-behavioral therapy (cbt) in reducing depression, anxiety and stress perceived among hiv-positive men. methods:inthis semi-experimental study, three groups of hiv-positive men (cbt group, stress management group, and control group) including 15 patients in each group were compared regarding depression, ...

objective: the present study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of two therapeutic approaches, namely, cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt) and stages of change model (soc) on improving abstinence self-efficacy in adolescent addicts. methods: forty five self-referred adolescent addicts were randomly selected to take part in this study. initial assessment was made using the following quest...