Although the efficacy of psychotherapy for treating many disorders has been demonstrated in randomized clinical trials (Ekers, Richards, & Gilbody, 2008; Hofman & Smits, 2008; Hoglend, 1999), little is known about the mechanisms through which psychotherapy achieves its effects (Kazdin, 2005). The purpose of this review is to examine the state of research on the mechanisms of psychotherapy. Firs...

BACKGROUND In an earlier study, our research group presented an alternative approach to measuring knowledge about mental disorders by constructing a structure-based expert model of the ICD-10 mental disorders. This article presents a validation of this expert model by measuring the emergence of such knowledge structures in psychotherapy students. SAMPLING AND METHODS The participants of a con...

introduction: according to the world health organization (who) report, acute depression disorders are the second largest health problem in the world which can cause disability and imposes huge costs on individuals and societies. this study aims to investigate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of using psychotherapy in patients with depression for prevention of suicide and self harm commi...

Children with epilepsy have more behavioral and cognitive problems than children with other chronic illnesses and children in the general population. Risk factors are multiple, probably involving a combination of neurological, seizure, family, and child variables. Problems with attention and symptoms of depression occur frequently but may be unrecognized. Anxiety disorders and psychoses are les...

Review scope Included studies compared nonpharmaceutical interventions (psychoeducational strategies, cognitive–behavioral therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, nondirective counseling, psychological debriefing, supportive interactions, or tangible assistance) with usual care in pregnant women and new mothers < 6 weeks after delivery. Interventions could be delivered prenatally and/or within th...

AIM: to work out the program for psychological support patients with colorectal cancer and evaluate its efficiency. PATIENTS AND METHODS: prospective clinical pilot study involved 26 who underwent surgery (after 6–12 months), aged 64.6 ± 7.1 year. The were divided into two groups: main group included 12 psychotherapy control single consulting by psychologist in order fulfill questionnaire (with...

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...

Providing computational support to group meetings is a challenge some applications are now addressing. Nonetheless, there are specific areas which need special attention by developers to cover all inherent issues, which can reveal themselves as workflow, interface or context requirements, among other. In the group psychotherapy field of study it is necessary to be careful with both the therapis...

BACKGROUND There is uncertainty whether young traumatized refugees should be treated with culturally adapted psychotherapy or with an evidence-based western approach. As yet, empirical studies on culturally adapted treatments for unaccompanied young refugees in industrialized host countries are not available. Studies do, however, suggest that trauma-focused treatment is promising for this group...