The eight-year Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988) brought to light new approaches to architecture and opened new horizons for inter-disciplinary research. 'panic' as a subject of psychological analyses and 'architecture' as a technical discipline are among the topics which the author explores drawing on his experience in the front lines and using qualitative research methods. As the first part of a longer essay, the article analyzes the relationship between architecture and panic from a behavioral point of view.    

Background: This study was designed to investigate on efficacy of metacognitive–behavioral therapy (MCBT) on panic beliefs of panic female patients.Materials and Methods: This is a clinical- trial study. The participants, who were 24 panic female patients diagnosed with panic disorder, were selected from 76 panic patients referring to psychiatric clinics. The participants were randomly assigned in to two experimental and control groups. The data were gathered using the panic belief questionnaire which was completed in pretest, posttest and follow-up stages by the participants. MCBT was conducted in 8 sessions on the experimental group while the control group, in addition to the reception of common medical treatments, was laid in waiting list for psychological therapy.Results: According to the results of covariance analysis, the mean of panic beliefs scores obtained in the experimental group were significantly lower than those of the control group (p< 0.05). Conclusion: panic female patients who attended in MCBT acquired lower scores in panic belief than the control group. Therefore, the results demonstrate that MCBT approach causes to keduce panic beliefs in panic female patients.

Background: panic disorder is among the prevalent mental disorders. By unexpected and spontaneous occurrence of panic attacks, it can be found that this disorder is accompanied by cognitive and physical symptoms, which can cause cardiovascular, respiratory, neural, and intestinal disorders, perspiration, shivering, fever, and psychological problems. Since aquatic exercises are effective in reducing cardiovascular symptoms, this study aimed to determine the effect of aquatic exercises on QT interval in patients with panic disorder.Methods: 36 women with panic disorder, mean age of 38.60 ± 6.45 years, and mean weight of 70.64 ± 11.04 kg were selected purposively after medical screening and placed randomly in two groups experimental and control (n = 18). QT intervals were measured by electrocardiography (ECG), before the intervention and 12 weeks after it. Experimental group participated in a 12-week program for aquatic exercises (three weekly sessions in 1.5-hour basis for each session, with the intensity of 50-80% of maximum heart rate). Patients in control group continued their normal life. All the variables were remeasured after 12 weeks. Paired t-test was used to compare within the groups and ANOVA test was used for the intergroup comparison.Findings: Comparison of the means between the two groups showed that after 12 weeks of aquatic exercises, significant reductions were observed for QT interval, corrected QT interval (QTc), QRS interval, and heart rate (HR) in patients with panic disorder in experimental group compared to the controls (P < 0.001). Conclusion: Hence, aquatic exercises can be used as a method for improving cardiovascular factors in patients with panic disorder.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of Emotion Regulation on emotion processing and symptoms of panic in women with panic Disorder. Method: This semi-experimental study was conducted using pre-test and post-test with control group from all panic disorder patients visited in Ardabil Health and psychology clinic in fall and winter 2018, 30 patients were selected through the availability sampling method and randomly were placed into two equal experimental and control groups. Experimental group experienced 8 weeks of Emotion Regulation, while control group were just followed. emotion processing and symptoms of panic questionnaires were used in pre-test, post-test and up as the study instrument. Data were analyzed by descriptive indices and analysis of covariance. Results: The result of comparing post-test of scores in two group showed that there were significant difference in emotion processing and symptoms of panic scores intervention group and the control group (p<0. 01). Conclusion: Thus, can be said that of Emotion Regulation psychotherapy. reduced emotion processing and symptoms of panic in Women with panic Disorder. According to the findings of the present study, ERT can be suggested as an efficient method to recovery emotion processing and symptoms of panic in Women with panic Disorder.