purpose: to investigate the effectiveness of metacognitive therapy in patients with major depressive disorder. the population of this study included all patients admitted to the army hospital no. 520 diagnosed with major depressive disorder from which 30 individuals were selected by using random sampling into experimental and control groups (n = 15 experimental and n = 15 control). materials an...

in this investigation, the effect of group cognitive-behavior therapy in reduction of anxiety and dysfunctional attitude were studied on patients with generalized anxiety disorder (gad). 20 female participants were recognized to have gad by the researcher through a clinical interview on the basis of dsm-iv-tr standards and invited to take part in the study. they first filled in the dysfunctiona...

objective: aim of this experimental study is evaluating the effectiveness of two different approaches towards the treatment of major depressive disorder (mdd): positive-oriented psychotherapy and group cognitive-behavior therapy. methods: eighteen out-patients suffering from major depression were randomly divided into two groups to be treated according to either of these two approaches. both gr...

objectives:this study used a quasi-experimental method inthe pretest-posttest to evaluate the efficacy of cognitive-existential group therapy on hopefulness in parents of children with cancer. methods:thirty parents (24 to 54 years old) of children with cancer were divided randomly into experimental and control groups. both groups were assessed with miller hope scale (1988), as pre-test. the ex...

conclusions the results showed that group play therapy improves self-concept in children suffering from thalassemia major. objectives the aim of this study was to determine if group play therapy could significantly increase self-concept among children with thalassemia major ages 7 to 11 years old in teaching hospitals of golestan province, iran, in 2012. patients and methods in this randomized,...

background and aim: the aim of this research was study the effectiveness of  group cognitive- behavior therapy on reducing  body dysmorphic disorder and inter personal sensitivity among high school girls in ahvaz city. methods: the first sample included 800 students who were selected with  multi­ stage random sampleing and completed y-bocs-bdd and inter personal sensitivity  subscale of  scl-90...