Journal of Behavior in Clinical Psychology
Year:2007 | Volume:1 | Issue:3|Papers Count:10

In this study, in order to investigate the effects of teaching communication skills on marital satisfaction, twenty four (24) couples were randomly selected. They were divided into experimental, control groups, and went under treatment. A comparison of the results oj pretest and posttests indicates that this type of training is effective for marital satisfaction of the couples.

The present study examines the effect of rational emotive behavior therapy on the self-esteem of blind female students. For this purpose, a sample consisting of twelve subjects was selected and divided into experimental and control groups equally. The results show that rational emotive behavior therapy increases the overall, family and social self-esteem of the subjects. However, the therapy is not effective for their physical and educational self-esteem.

The purpose of this investigation is to study the effectiveness of cognitive group therapy on decreasing the symptoms of depression among students. In so doing, twelve (12) subjects were selected randomly and went under cognitive therapy for twelve sessions. The results of the study indicate that cognitive therapy is effective for reducing the symptoms of depression.

This study investigates the effects of, psychodrama on mental traits of schizophrenic patients. For this purpose, twenty six (26) chronic schizophrenic patients were selected and divided randomly into experimental and control groups. The results of the study suggest that psychodrama has positive effects on improving mental conditions of schizophrenic patients.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of teaching life skills on the health of the clients. In so doing, thirty two (32) girls from rehabilitation centers of Tehran were randomly selected and were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. The results indicate that teaching life skills has positive effects on the health of clients.

The research is being experimental and an empirical attempt to measure. The effects of the two approaches of treatment by drugs (Clomipramine) and psychotherapy (Cognitive Behavior Therapy) each separately and along with each other. We intended to measure the therapeutic results of each of the Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Clomipramine separately, and both together, on a group of patients - 8 to 17 ages - affected with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. The present research has showed that, Clomipramine and Cognitive behavior therapy will be effective in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder, but cognitive behavior therapy is more effective than Clomipramine, and it is more stable than Clomipramine in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder among children and adolescents.

Psychotherapy integration is an approach to treatment that goes beyond any single theory or set of techniques. The history of the psychotherapy integration movement is described, along with several approaches that have been developed to integration. We then describe our assimilative approach, based on a psychodynamic model but incorporating techniques from various active approaches to treatment. A case history is provided illustrating the model that we described.

The study examines the effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy for the treatment of patients suffering from major depressive episodes without psychotic features. The cognitive behavior therapy was given for a month which helped the patients to recover from the major symptoms of depression.