In the first article in this series (Williams & Garland, 2002) we encouraged readers to try out elements of the Five Areas model of cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) with some patients. Before we further discuss the model it might be of value to reflect on your experiences. If you did try, was it successful? Did it teach you anything about your clinical skills and the patients’ problems? Can ...

Our research group has - during the past 15 years - developed and tested internet interventions for more than 20 separate conditions totaling in close to 50 published randomized controlled trials. The studies cover a wide range of diagnoses including depression, social anxiety, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and pathological gambling. The treatments have mostly been based on cogn...

The major purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy in reducing level of adolescents in Tehran, Iran. An instrument for data collection was CDI. The total number of samples is (63).The age of the respondents was 12-17 years. There was significant difference in pre-test and post-test of CBT (t=16.26, p<.05) showing the effectiveness of CBT therapy, whi...

In this paper, persuasive tools are presented for mobile insomnia therapy based on principles from psychology and conversation. First, general characteristics of insomnia and insomnia treatment are discussed. The paper concentrates on methods from cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) and improvement of motivation for exercise adherence. Persuasive tools that will be examined are: alignment, adapta...

Background: Pain can interfere with the daily functioning of patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Furthermore, sleep disturbance is a common symptom of MS. The dialectical behavior therapy program is presented as a detailed structured treatment program that was demonstrated that has effects on the treatment of psychosomatic disorders such as pain and sleep disorders. Objectives: To investiga...

beneficial effects of stimulants on core symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) have been reported in several studies. behavioral interventions have also been proposed as empirically supported interventions for adhd. although cognitive-behavioral therapies (cbt) have been criticized for the lack of evidence-based data, some studies have indicated the positive effects of cbt...

present study is aimed at evaluating the effect of rational emotive behavior therapy (rebt) on anxiety and irrational beliefs among infertile women. to assess the level of anxiety and irrational beliefs, 50 infertile women were selected randomly from mediwave ivf and fertility research hospital in mysore city and were administered cattle questionnaires for surveying anxiety and the shortened ge...

this paper provides an overview of the results of research related to anxiety disorders within the context of learning disabilities. about 8% of the student population in iran suffers from learning disabilities (ld). most of the criteria for anxiety disorders in icd–10 or dsm–iv–tr can be applied reliably and validly in individuals with mild-to-moderate learning disabilities. besides the clinic...