BACKGROUND Given the variable response to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) when added to antipsychotic medication in psychosis and the evidence for a role of pretherapy level of frontal lobe-based cognitive function in responsiveness to CBT in other disorders, this study examined whether pretherapy brain activity associated with working memory neural network predicts clinical responsiveness t...

backgrounds: anxiety and depression are found to be the major contributors to irritable bowel syndrome (ibs). the present study aimed to measure the effect of a specifically designed cognitive behavioural therapy (cbt) program on the severity of the symptoms and quality of life of patients with chronic ibs, and also define whether anxiety and depression in patients with ibs at baseline affect t...

Aims: Depression is a common psychiatric disorder after myocardial infarction. So it is necessary to find the appropriate intervention to reduce depression. This study aimed at comparing the effect of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) on depression in patients with myocardial infarction. Materials & Methods: In this clinical trial, 90 e...

STUDY DESIGN A cost-effectiveness analysis conducted alongside a randomized clinical trial. OBJECTIVE To assess the cost-effectiveness of a preoperative cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) intervention compared to usual care for patients undergoing lumbar spinal fusion surgery (LSF). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The clinical effectiveness of a preoperative CBT intervention for patients undergo...

The present study focused on the evaluation of the effects of operant behavioural (OBT) and cognitive behavioural (CBT) treatments for fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). One hundred and twenty-five patients who fulfilled the American College of Rheumatology criteria for FMS were randomly assigned to OBT (n = 43), CBT (n = 42), or an attention-placebo (AP) treatment (n = 40) that consisted of discussi...

BACKGROUND Psychotherapy is the principal nonpharmacologic method for the management of depression, but its usefulness for depressed patients with diabetes remains unknown. OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for depression in patients with diabetes. DESIGN Randomized, controlled trial. SETTING Referral-based academic medical center. PATIENTS 51 patients...

Bipolar disorder (BD) can have an impact on psychosocial functioning and quality of life (QoL). Several studies have shown that structured psychotherapy in conjunction with pharmacotherapy may modify the course of some disorders; however, few studies have investigated the results of group cognitive behavior therapy (G-CBT) for BD. Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of 14 sessions o...

BACKGROUND The infertility is associated with psychological consequence including depression, and lack of self-efficacy. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare the pharmacological and no pharmacological strategies in promotion of self-efficacy of infertile women. MATERIALS AND METHODS A randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on 89 infertile women who were recruited from ...

BACKGROUND Transdiagnostic Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TCBT) manuals delivered in individual format have been reported to be just as effective as traditional diagnosis specific CBT manuals. We have translated and modified the "The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders" (UP-CBT) for group delivery in Mental Health Service (MHS), and shown effects comparable to tra...

This study is a randomized, waitlist-controlled trial testing the effect of a brief, "manualized" cognitive-behavioral group therapy on distress associated with tinnitus, quality of well-being, psychological distress including depression, and internal focus. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) included training in activity planning, relaxation training and, primarily, cognitive restructuring. Si...