Background and Aim: Patients with chronic diseases are markedly at the risk of psychiatric disorders, particularly depression and anxiety. Results of various researches have shown the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral stress management on depression and anxiety. The aim of the current study was a comparative effectiveness of cognitive behavioral stress management on “depression” and “anxiet...

Introduction & Purpose: Cognitive-behavioral stress management therapy refers to a family of stress management interventions that are based on cognitive-behavioral approach. The stress management increases the ability of people to reduce stress and cope with stress-eliciting situations. The present study tries to explain the effectiveness of group-based stress management cognitive-behavioral th...

    Background & Aims : The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of stress management training through cognitive behavioral method and relationship skills training with end of life patient for increasing life quality of end of life patients’ family.   Materials & Methods : This quasi-experimental study was conducted by a pretest, post-test, and follow up. The relatives of 30 e...

Introduction: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral stress management on relapse prevention in men who are substance dependent. Method: In a experimental study, 30 individuals who settled in Esfahan therapeutic community center were accidently divided in to an experimental (15 subjects) and a control (15 subjects) group. The experimental group und...

Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive–behavioral stress management on reduction of anxiety among addicts with GAD. Method: The design of the study is experimental with pretest -posttest and control group. The population of the study was all addicts with GAD in Tehran self-referred centers that scored the most points in GAD-7 test. 24 addicts were alloc...

Introduction: Hypertension is a common disease which affects people's health. Individuals who are week in stress coping and respond to stress with bias are more likely to suffer from chronic physical and mental disease. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral based stress management training on sleep quality and cognitive bias in patients with primary ...

Introduction: Psychological therapies can play an important role in the improvement of anxiety, depression and stress in patients with asthma. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral stress management group therapy in group therapy on anxiety, depression, stress and readmission in asthmatic patients. Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, 38 p...