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There have been several arguments for the need to generate evidence-based creative forms of psychological interventions in Improving Access Psychological Services (IAPT), main primary mental health provider hospitals England, UK. In this feasibility study, we sought identify helpful and unhelpful factors a new group psychotherapy, titled Arts Blues. We also wanted find out whether research tool...

Abstract Given the large discrepancy between prevalence rates of mental disorders in adolescents and actual treatment rates, there is a need to understand what prevents this age group from seeking psychotherapy. We assessed barriers psychotherapy group, including their attitudes toward people with disorder, using convergent parallel mixed-methods design. Participants were 288 aged 12–21 years (...

BACKGROUND Neurofunctional deficits in chronic depression (CD) have been understudied. Specifically there is no known published study of the effects of a specialized psychotherapy for CD (CBASP) on neurofunctional deficits. METHODS Ten patients with a DSM-IV diagnosis of CD received a 12 week specialised psychotherapy (CBASP). Controls were healthy matched volunteers. All subjects participate...

background: regarding high prevalence and injurious consequences of postpartum depression, the aim of the present work is the study of the effect rate of interpersonal psychotherapy on marriage adaptive and postpartum in women. method: the present study is semi‑empiric, and included control group and pre‑ and post‑test groups. thirty‑two women suffering from postpartum depression were selected ...

Theoretical and research-based clinical psychiatric nursing interventions are prerequisites for the advancement of the psychiatric mental health nursing practice (Babich & Voit, 1991). Based on these prerequisites, the authors implemented a group psychotherapy intervention for battered women using Campbell's adaptation (1986) of Litton's survivor-group prototype (1976). This group prototype was...

BACKGROUND The relationships between positive and negative emotional experience and physical and psychological well-being have been well-documented. The present study examines the prospective positive relationship between concurrent positive and negative emotional experience and psychological well-being in the context of psychotherapy. METHODS 47 adults undergoing psychotherapy completed meas...