Saeid Aslani; Mahdi Khanjani
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Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) are periods of distress with sensory, psychomotor and behavioral symptoms that resemble epileptic seizures but electrophysiological correlated variations of these attacks are not commensurate to epilepsy. This disorder has a significant impact on daily-life activities ...
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Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) are periods of distress with sensory, psychomotor and behavioral symptoms that resemble epileptic seizures but electrophysiological correlated variations of these attacks are not commensurate to epilepsy. This disorder has a significant impact on daily-life activities and leads to poor quality of life. This study aimed to examine efficacy of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy (ISTDP) on improvement of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. This study was an empirical case study with AB design. Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures were confirmed in subjects using QEEG and assessments of a neurologist and a psychiatrist. Beck depression inventory (BDI) was filled out by the subjects before and after the interventions. Eight Psychotherapy sessions with ISTDP approach were individually held once a week. Outcomes indicated that PNES disappeared. Furthermore, post-test BDI scores were significantly lower comparing to pre-test scores. Outcomes suggest that intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy is an appropriate approach to reduce psychogenic non-epileptic seizures and it's applicable by therapists in clinical settings.
mohsen pasbani ardabili; Ahmad Borjali; Shahla Pezeshk
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Relationship with parents plays an important role in the lives of adolescents. Conflict in the relationship causes long-term and serious damage which occurs in adolescents. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy on improving mother-child relationship ...
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Relationship with parents plays an important role in the lives of adolescents. Conflict in the relationship causes long-term and serious damage which occurs in adolescents. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy on improving mother-child relationship is the opposite. This quasi-experimental study with pretest and posttest approach with a 2-month-old follow-up. 16 women with children that criterion for entry to the study were randomly selected to be available in both experimental and control groups were replaced. Parent-child conflict questionnaire was used to evaluate the experimental variable. Intervention in 8 sessions were performed on women. Pretest and posttest and follow-up was 2 months, and data were collected on children. Complex multivariate analysis of variance (within a group Mass), and multivariate analysis of variance revealed a mixed two-way between the pretest and posttest, but there is a pretest and posttest control group was not different. This difference was persistent in the pursuit of two months. The results showed that intervention of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy in improving the quality of mother-child relationship conflict has a positive impact. This effect was significant in a 3-scale questionnaire. Results showed that the effectiveness of intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy on both sexes was significant, and there was no significant difference between girls and boys in treatment outcomes.
