Purpose: To examine the effectiveness of group cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) based on schema on impulsiveness of substance abusers in Karaj. Materials and Methods: This study was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and control group. The statistical population of this study consisted of male substance abusers who referred to Addiction Treatment Clinics of Karaj in 2010. The sam...

aim and background: efficacy of mindfulness based cognitive therapy and traditional cognitive behavior therapy in reduction of over generality in autobiographical memory test of patients with major depressive disorder in 2007 is considered in this study. method and materials: this clinical-experimental study was carried out on 90 patients randomly selected from 160 cases refering to tehran univ...

BACKGROUND High impulsivity and attentional bias are common in cocaine-dependent patients and predict poor treatment outcomes. The pharmacological agent modafinil is studied for its cognitive-enhancing capacities and may therefore improve clinical outcomes in crack-cocaine dependent patients. In this study, we investigated first whether pre-treatment impulsivity and attentional bias predict tre...

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...

BACKGROUND Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a debilitating mental health illness that affects approximately 3.1% of U.S. adults and can be treated with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). With the emergence of digital health technologies, mobile CBT may be a cost-effective way to deliver care. We developed an analysis framework to quantify the cost-effectiveness of internet-based CBT for i...

BACKGROUND Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is increasingly being delivered in primary care, in a variety of delivery formats such as guided self-help CBT, telephone-based CBT, computerized CBT and standard, one-to-one CBT. However, the vast majority of research has focused on CBT in specialized services, and no previous meta-analysis has examined CBT's effectiveness across delivery formats ...

this workshop is an evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt) training for mental health professionals and counselling graduate students in group therapy for anxiety disorders. the “transdiagnostic” approach is gaining widespread acceptance because it enables therapists to treat a variety of anxiety disorders using a common group protocol. training will focus specifically on delivering ...

OBJECTIVE Meta-analyses have documented the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for reducing symptoms of eating disorders. However, it is not known whether CBT for eating disorders can also improve quality of life (QoL). This meta-analysis therefore examined the effects of CBT for eating disorders on subjective QoL and health-related quality of life (QoL). METHOD Studies that asses...

BACKGROUND Intensive cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) can effectively reduce symptoms in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). However, many relapse after treatment. Few studies have investigated biological markers predictive of follow-up clinical status. The objective was to determine if brain network connectivity patterns prior to intensive CBT predict worsening of clinical symptoms during f...