faranak razzaghian; Imanollah Bigdeli
Volume 5, Issue 20 , December 2015, , Pages 1-23
Abstract
Depressionis one of the most important kinds of affective disorders and has been presented as the first weakening factor in humanity society that its high prevalence and complex nature has made necessary it to use new treatments. Considering that pharmacotherapy is often used in depression treatment, ...
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Depressionis one of the most important kinds of affective disorders and has been presented as the first weakening factor in humanity society that its high prevalence and complex nature has made necessary it to use new treatments. Considering that pharmacotherapy is often used in depression treatment, the present study was aimed to investigate the effectiveness of systematic motivational counseling and comparison it with pharmacotherapy. This research conducted with pretest- posttest plan with control group. The sample of this experimental study was consisted of 30 dysthymic female patients referred to psychological clinic in university of Firdausi Mashhad during 9 months in 2011 that were selected by available sampling method and randomly assigned to three groups (10 patients per group), one experimental group for systematic motivational counseling with pharmacotherapy, one for mere pharmacotherapy and one group for control group. Collecting data instruments were consisted of Beck Depression Inventory and Personal Concerns Inventory. In order to analysis the data; descriptive statistics and covariance analysis in inferential statistics surface had been used. The results of covariance analysis after adjusting the pretest scores showed thatthere is a meaningful differences between posttest scores of two groups (p<0/05). Investigation of adjusted means is indicator for efficacy of systematic motivational counseling with pharmacotherapymore thanmere pharmacotherapyandtwo experimental groups in comparison of control group had more decrease in depression symptoms. According to the results of this research systematic motivational counseling with pharmacotherapyis more effective thanmerepharmacotherapy in the treatment ofdysthymic patients.
Mahmoud Borjali; Hamid Alizadeh; Hasan Ahadi; Nourali Farrokhi; Faramarz Sohrabi; Mohamadreza Mohamadhi
Volume 4, Issue 16 , December 2014, , Pages 153-175
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of three therapeutic programs including parents encouraging training (based on Adler-Dreikurs approach), behavioral training, and pharmacotherapy for increasing self-control among children ...
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The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of three therapeutic programs including parents encouraging training (based on Adler-Dreikurs approach), behavioral training, and pharmacotherapy for increasing self-control among children with attention deficit/hyperactive disorder (ADHD). In this experimental study, 40 parents of students referred to Rouzbeh Psychiatric Hospital were diagnose according to a psychiatrist diagnosis and utilizing Conners scale for ADHD. Covariance and F score analysis revealed a significant difference among the three methods indicating that parents encouraging training method, and parents behavioral training based on Barkleys theory are both effective for increasing self–control skills in ADHD children. We can conclude that parents encouraging training and parent behavioral training are effective in improving self-control in ADHD children.
