This study concerns the structure and determinants of lay beliefs about psychotherapy in general and speciŽ cally the effectiveness of various therapies for four different disorders. Two hundred and seventeen participants completed a two-part questionnaire. The Ž rst part was a replication of Furnham and Wardley’s (1990) ‘Attitudes to and beliefs about psychotherapy’ questionnaire, while the se...

The cognitive problems experienced by people with schizophrenia not only impede recovery but also interfere with treatments designed to improve overall functioning. Hence there has been a proliferation of new therapies to treat cognitive problems with the hope that improvements will benefit future intervention and recovery outcomes. Cognitive remediation therapy (CR) that relies on intensive ta...

The term “vascular cognitive impairment” was defined as cognitive dysfunction due to or associated with cerebro-vascular disease or vascular risk factors.1–4 The conception of vascular cognitive impairment originated on the basis of the idea of the possible reversibility of vascular dementia in its preclinical and early clinical stages and searching for appropriate therapies for its primary and...

background: multiple sclerosis (ms) is an unpredictable neurological disease leading to severe disability in young adults.  the  majority of ms patients  use  complementary and     alternative medicine  (cam)  as adjunct  to conventional  therapies.  this study  aimed  to  investigate the prevalence  of cam utilization among  iranian patients with ms and their attitude  toward the cam usage. me...

objective: diabetes is a chronic disease causing not only somatic complications like hyperglycemia, but also increased psychological consequences and impaired psychological well-being in diabetics. various psychological treatments have been applied so far to reduce the mental symptoms and promote the mental well-being of these patients. this study aimed at determining the efficiency of dialecti...

Efficient and reliable assessments of cognitive treatment effects are essential for the comparative evaluation of procognitive effects of pharmacologic therapies. Yet, no studies have addressed the sensitivity and efficiency with which neurocognitive batteries evaluate cognitive abilities before and after treatment. Participants were primarily first episode schizophrenia patients who completed ...

The potentially detrimental effects of cancer and related treatments on cognitive functioning are emerging as a key focus of cancer survivorship research. Many patients with central nervous system (CNS) or non-CNS tumours develop cognitive problems during the course of their disease that can result in diminished functional independence. We review the state of knowledge on the cognitive function...