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Background: Considering the negative impact of social phobia on social interactions and the positive effect of communication skills training on this condition, the literature on the training methods that would be suitable for people with this condition seems deficient. This study aimed to compare the effect of communication skills training delivered via workshop and virtual met...

introduction nurse-patient communication is highly important especially when the patient is a child. one thing that has been overlooked in the nursing profession or less discussed is how to communicate with children. design and training courses for the development of communication skills is considered as an important step in this direction. this study investigated the effect of training communi...

Coping-skills training (CST) and cue-exposure treatment (CET) are two relatively new approaches in alcoholism treatment. With CST, the therapist tries to strengthen the patient's skills in coping with situations associated with a high risk of drinking. These skills can be specific to certain high-risk situations or involve general social skills. Specific CST treatment approaches include relapse...

communication impairment and interaction problems are obvious characteristics of children with autism disorder. this research aimed to design the preverbal skills training program, and study its effectiveness on high- functional autistic children's communication skills. this research is an experimental research in which students with higher scores in autism high functional scale were selec...

objective: since fosters adolescents are deprived of family environment and probably the friendly relationships, some of them may develop problems in achieving self-awareness and communication skills and adjusting to the environmental conditions. thus, this study was conducted to assess the effect of self-awareness and communication skills training on increasing the level of adjustment in foste...

INTRODUCTION Patients sometimes present for radiation therapy with high levels of anxiety. Communication skills training may assist radiation therapists to conduct more effective consultations with patients prior to treatment planning and treatment commencement. The overall aim of our research is to examine the effectiveness of a preparatory programme 'RT Prepare' delivered by radiation therapi...

BACKGROUND In the interests of patient health outcomes, it is important for medical students to develop clinical communication skills. We previously proposed a telehealth communication skills training platform (EQClinic) with automated nonverbal behavior feedback for medical students, and it was able to improve medical students' awareness of their nonverbal communication. OBJECTIVE This study...