objective: multiple sclerosis (ms) has several physical, psychological, and psychiatric symptoms. regarding the psychological impact of ms on aspects of life, this study sought to examine the effect of group quality of life therapy on depression and anxiety in these patients. methods: two groups of 15 matched patients with ms were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups after compl...

the aim of the present study was to investigate the relations of locus of control, rumination, and worry with depression and anxiety in a sample of depressed and anxious patients. a second purpose of the study was to examine the mediating role of rumination and worry on the relationship between locus of control with depression and anxiety. one hundred and twelve patients with major depression a...

background: irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is a functional disorder of the lower gastrointestinal (gi) tract caused by stress and is also is associated with anxiety and depression which may benefit from a treatment such as mindfulness. objectives: to determine the effectiveness of the mindfulness in decreasing the anxiety and depression in the patients suffering from ibs. methods: the research ...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background: findings demonstrated that parents of children with cancer experience elevated levels of distress, depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and subjective symptoms of stress. in this study, we determined effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (mbct) on reduction of depression and anxiet...

background: brief family interventions may have a positive impact on family caregivers of mental disorders. this study aimed to evaluate the effect of family psycho-education on depression, anxiety and stress in family caregivers of patients with mental disorders. methods: this randomized controlled trial designed and evaluated the effectiveness of a group psycho-educational program on 100 care...

recent research from a number of clinical trials has shown that transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral therapy is efficacious, having shown comparable effects on primary anxiety disorder diagnoses as traditional diagnosis-specific cbt, and highly economical for treatment providers. however, a majority of anxiety disorder patients present with two or more “comorbid” diagnoses at once. given that t...

introduction: the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of group cognitive behavioral therapy in reducing anxiety and depression and glycemic control in children with type i diabetes. methods and matherials: the study was quasi- experimental with a pre-test, post-test design with control group. for this purpose, 30 children with diabetes were selected from imam reza hospital in m...

results mean age of the participants was about 35 years, and mean duration of marriage was 14 years. drug dependence of the husband (p = 0.010) and lower monthly income of the family (p = 0.007) predicted the higher level of anxiety among the participants, while older age (p = 0.031), shorter marital duration (p = 0.016), and lower educational level (p = 0.045) in addition to spousal drug depen...

objectives: major depression and anxiety disorders are common psychiatric disorders among cancer patients and are associated with psychosocial impairment and decreased quality of life. depressed and anxious cancer patients also experience a more rapid progression of cancer symptoms, increased mortality, more metastasis and pain, and increased medical utilization. although some research has expl...