abstract background: the aim of this study was to elucidate efficacy of transdiagnostic cognitive behavior therapy based on unified protocol (up) for reducing symptoms severity of obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd) with co-occurring anxiety and unipolar mood disorders. materials and methods: from the thirty patients who participated to treatment, twenty four participants were randomly assigned...

this research is based upon bio-psychological model in the assessment of the relative efficacy of different treatment procedures, namely behavioral models of tretment, drug treatment and a combination of these two for generalized anxiety disorders (gad). in order to test the relative efficacy of each treatment the research study consisted of four groups: group i received training to control the...

background egypt has one of the highest (16-8%) prevalence rates of hcv infection in the world. approximately 90% of egyptian hcv isolates belong to a single subtype (4a), which responds less successfully to interferon therapy than other subtypes. studies comparing the efficacy and safety of pegifn alfa-2a and pegifn alfa-2b in treatment-naive hcv-infected patients have shown conflicting result...

introduction: emotion regulation therapy (ert) is an in-progress treatment developed for generalized anxiety disorder (gad) comorbid with major depressive disorder (mdd) based on ameliorating dysfunctions in emotion regulation strategies. however, ert is a newly evolved treatment and has not yet been examined among iranian samples. therefore, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the eff...

Background: Several regimens of therapy were recommended for the treatment of genital wart with different efficacies. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of podophylin 20% versus trichloroacetic acid 30% in the treatment of genital wart.Methods: This randomized clinical study was conducted on 120 cases with genital wart. They randomly received podophylin 20% or trichloroacetic...

abstract aim and background: establishing and maintaining family and prevention of family breakdown involves having certain abilities and skills. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of different dimensions of spirituality and forgiveness as predictors of family efficacy. methods and materials: a correlational method was employed and the following measures were administered to ...