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Ahmad Borjali; Hasan Taheri
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Introduction and Objective: Loneliness, a subjective feeling of social isolation and disconnection, has emerged as a significant public health concern with wide-ranging implications. This review aims to comprehensively examine loneliness as a public health issue, exploring its associated health risks, ...
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Introduction and Objective: Loneliness, a subjective feeling of social isolation and disconnection, has emerged as a significant public health concern with wide-ranging implications. This review aims to comprehensively examine loneliness as a public health issue, exploring its associated health risks, underlying mechanisms, and potential interventions.Research Methodology: A systematic literature review was conducted using various databases, including PubMed, PsycINFO, and Scopus. Studies investigating the health implications of loneliness, its underlying mechanisms, and potential interventions were included.Findings: The review highlights a strong association between loneliness and increased mortality risk, comparable to that of smoking and obesity. Loneliness is also linked to a heightened risk of various physical and mental health problems, including cardiovascular disease, dementia, depression, and anxiety. The underlying mechanisms linking loneliness to poor health outcomes involve dysregulation of the stress response system, impaired immune function, and unhealthy lifestyle behaviors. Interventions targeting social connection and support have shown promise in reducing loneliness and improving health outcomes.Discussion and Conclusion: Loneliness represents a significant public health challenge with serious consequences for individuals and society. Addressing loneliness requires a multi-faceted approach encompassing public awareness campaigns, community-based interventions, and healthcare provider training. Future research should focus on identifying effective interventions and tailoring them to diverse populations. It is imperative to recognize loneliness as a public health priority and implement comprehensive strategies to promote social connection and well-being.
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Fatteme Raiisi; Nader Mansouri; Hamed Moqaddam
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A thorough understanding of how people with schizophrenia experience critical situations such as an epidemic seems important. Therefore, this research was conducted to analyze the lived experiences of patients with schizophrenia residing in the care center during the COVID-19 pandemic. The method of ...
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A thorough understanding of how people with schizophrenia experience critical situations such as an epidemic seems important. Therefore, this research was conducted to analyze the lived experiences of patients with schizophrenia residing in the care center during the COVID-19 pandemic. The method of the present study was a qualitative phenomenological type. Schizophrenia patients who were kept in Sarai Ehsan Rehabilitation Center were selected purposefully. Based on the rule of theoretical saturation, sampling continued until 31 patients. The data collection method was a semi-structured interview. The analysis method was based on Colaizzi's point of view and the data was manually analyzed by the researchers of this study. Data analysis led to the identification of 308 primary codes. Five main themes; The perception and causes of the disease from the perspective of the patients, the views of the patients about quarantine, feelings and emotions during the period of quarantine and illness, the actions of the patients during the period of quarantine and illness and the way of obtaining information about the disease were obtained. These main themes had 32 sub-themes. It seems the Coronavirus pandemic and the resulting quarantine can affect the experiences of patients with schizophrenia. Psychiatrists and clinical psychologists should use the findings of this study in the treatment of schizophrenic patients in the conditions of infectious disease outbreaks.
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razieh eatesamipour; Fereshteh Pourmohseni- Koluri,; maryam zolfagharnia
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Objective: Bipolar disorder is a chronic and progressive mood disorder that leads to severe problems in a person's social and occupational functioning. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of the group cognitive behavioral therapy on the cognitive emotion regulation and the quality ...
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Objective: Bipolar disorder is a chronic and progressive mood disorder that leads to severe problems in a person's social and occupational functioning. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of the group cognitive behavioral therapy on the cognitive emotion regulation and the quality of life of women with bipolar I. Research Methodology: The research design was semi-experimental with pre-test and post-test with experimental and unmathched control groups. The statistical population of the present study included all female suffering from bipolar I disorder. Using the purposeful sampling method, there were 30 people in two experimental groups (15 people) and control (15 people) were completely randomly replaced. Subjects completed cognitive emotion regulation Garnefsky (2006) and WHO quality of life questionnaire (1989). The experimental group received 8 sessions cognitive behavioral therapy group. Both groups completed the questionnaires in two stages before and after the intervention. Unitivariate Analysis of Covariance was used to analyze the data.Findings: The findings indicated that group cognitive-behavioral therapy had a significant effect on the Improving adaptive and reducing maladaptive strategies of cognitive emotion regulation (p<0.01), also, it had a significant effect on quality of life of the people with bipolar disorder type 1 (p<0.05) Conclusion: The result of this study showed that cognitive behavioral therapy group training is effective in terms of cognitive regulation of emotions and quality of life of people with bipolar disorder type 1 and this treatment method can be used to improve emotional regulation and increase the quality of life of bipolar patients.
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Fereshteh Pourmohseni Koluri; Seyedeh Khadijeh Seyed Mousavi; Azra Ghaffari; Somayyeh Taklavi
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Misophonia is a neurobehavioral disorder that causes strong physical and emotional reactions to certain sounds. The purpose of this research was the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy on social isolation and anxiety sensitivity of adolescent girls with misophonia. It was a semi-experimental ...
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Misophonia is a neurobehavioral disorder that causes strong physical and emotional reactions to certain sounds. The purpose of this research was the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy on social isolation and anxiety sensitivity of adolescent girls with misophonia. It was a semi-experimental research design of pre-test-post-test and follow-up with a unmatched control group. The statistical population of the study included all girles students aged 12 to 18 years old with misophonia in Ardabil city in 2024. The size of the statistical sample was 30 people from the mentioned statistical population who were selected by purposeful sampling and randomly placed in two experimental and control groups. For the experimental group, 8 sessions of 60 minutes of cognitive-behavioral therapy were performed, and the control group did not receive therapy. In this research, Misophonia Questionnaire (MQ), social isolation questionnaire (SIQ) and Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI) were used to collect data. For the statistical analysis of the obtained data, the analysis of variance test with repeated measurements was used. The results showed that cognitive-behavioral therapy had a significant effect on social isolation and anxiety sensitivity in the post-test and follow-up stages. The findings of this research provide useful information regarding cognitive-behavioral therapy, Psychologists and psychiatrists can use this intervention to improve social isolation and anxiety sensitivity of girls with misophonia.