social anxiety disorder is an anxiety disorder in which a person has an excessive and unreasonable fear of social situations. social anxiety and self-consciousness arise from a fear of being closely watched and criticized by others. clinical observation also suggests that some persons with social anxiety disorder may experience intense anger at others upon perceived negative evaluation or when ...

Background: Besides physical problems, cigarette smoking is associated with a high prevalence of comorbid depression and anxiety symptoms. One of the reasons behind high post-cessation smoking lapse and relapse rates is inattentiveness to these symptoms during the process of cessation. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on male smokers’ c...

objectives : the study was designed to examine the comorbidity of pathological mood and anxiety disorders among hospitalized addicts and normal individuals.   method : fifty male addicts (n=50), hospitalized in a psychiatric center, in west of iran, and fifty normal subjects (n=50) were selected. the subjects were matched in terms of demographic characteristics. the subjects in both groups were...

the aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy (act) on reducing internalizing symptoms in children and reducing parental stress (ps) in mothers. research design of this study was quasi-experimental research with a pre/post test design with a control group. using cluster sampling from among all the school children of the 2013-2014 school year at isfa...

background: irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is one of the most common functional gastrointestinal disorders. a signi_cant number of ibs patients have extra-intestinal symptoms (eis), but the etiology of co-morbidity of ibs with these symptoms is unclear. the aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship of eis with psychological symptoms in ibs patients. â  materials and methods: this multi...

Background: Although psychological distress can interfere with diabetes care, the effectiveness of Group Cognitive-Behavior Therapy in improving diabetes outcomes is unknown. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to reduce anxiety symptoms and improve glycemic control in diabetic patients. The samples were 24 diabetic patients (12 in experimental group and 12 in control group) aging from 4...

anxiety is one of the most common reactions that parents show while understanding their children's intellectual disability due to down syndrome. anxiety leads parents not to develop appropriate relations with their children, subsequently their psychological health are at risk. the present study was aimed to determine the effect of problem-focused coping strategy training on psychological sympto...