BACKGROUND There is ample evidence of the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for depression in adolescents, including Puerto Rican adolescents. However, there is still a high percentage of adolescents who do not respond to a standard "dose" of 12 sessions of CBT. This clinical case study explores the characteristics associated with treatment response in a Puerto Rican adolescent and...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the perceived social support systems`, and depression`s effects on attitudes regarding coping strategies for the disease in patients with epilepsy. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on 182 epileptic patients who applied to the Neurology Polyclinics of the Faculty of Medicine at Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey between November 2011 and November 2012....

Research indicates that health and disorder are polar opposites of the same continuum of vulnerability. Research has focused almost exclusively upon one end of this continuum, namely disorder. As such, instruments that assess adaptive dispositions (e.g., “thriving”, or post-trauma growth) have rarely been developed. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an instrument that assess...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : according to beck theory, dysfunctional attitude has a central role in emergence of depression. the aim of this study was to determine contributions of dysfunctional attitude and general health index to depression. methods : in this case-control study, two groups of subjects participated. the first group consi...

Abstract Does political polarization lead to dysfunctional behavior? To study this question, we investigate the attitudes of supporters Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton towards each other how these affect spiteful behavior. We find that both display less positive opposing compared coinciding supporters. More importantly, show significantly more wealth is destroyed if opponent an voter. This eff...

The majority of clinical trials of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for schizophrenia have used individual therapy to target positive symptoms. Promising results have been found, however, for group CBT interventions and other treatment targets like psychosocial functioning. CBT for functioning in schizophrenia is based on a cognitive model of functional outcome in schizophrenia that incorpora...