samane jasbe; Alireza Pirkhaefi
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Aim: The purpose of this study was comparing executive functions in patient with schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorders with normal individual. Method: The research design was post- facto. The sample of this study included 32 patients with schizophrenia disorders, 31 patient’s OCD in ...
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Aim: The purpose of this study was comparing executive functions in patient with schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorders with normal individual. Method: The research design was post- facto. The sample of this study included 32 patients with schizophrenia disorders, 31 patient’s OCD in Shahid Lavasani Hospital and 30 participants from normal population. The color-word Stroop test, the N-back test, and the Wisconsin Cards Sorting Test were also used to collect the research data. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance. Results: The results of this study showed significant differences between the groups in selective attention and in the number of correct responses, so that the normal group had higher scores than patient groups and OCD group achieved higher scores schizophrenic group. In shift attention (completed trials and correct responses) the results showed that the normal group had higher scores that patient groups, and OCDs achieved higher scores than schizophrenics. However, in preservation subscale, the schizophrenic patients were higher than OCD and normal groups. Finally, in working memory, difference between the groups didn’t reach significant. Conclusion: The results of this study revealed higher attention deficits in schizophrenia and OCD patients in comparison to normal controls. Furthermore, schizophrenics had poorer function on selective and shifting attention than OCD patients.
Alireza Pirkhaefi
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Aim: The aim of this research was to determine the effectiveness of Clinical Creativity Therapy Model on improvement of executive function and decrease of depression in the depressed patients. Method: The research method was semi-experimental and study conducted in the form of a pretest-posttest with ...
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Aim: The aim of this research was to determine the effectiveness of Clinical Creativity Therapy Model on improvement of executive function and decrease of depression in the depressed patients. Method: The research method was semi-experimental and study conducted in the form of a pretest-posttest with control group design and follow-up. The population was included the whole of Tehran depressed patients that refer to a psychiatric consultation centers in 1394and have document folder. 30 women and 20 men suffered from depression was randomly selected and replaced into treatment and control group. Research instruments were concluded Beck depression inventory (BDI-II), Torrance test of creativity thinking (Figural form), N-Back and Stroop test. A course of 20 include 10 session (2-hour-length session) was coducted of creativity therapy duration 4 weeks. Result: Analysis of covariance show that executive function and depression between treatment and control group is significant and effectiveness Clinical Creativity Therapy Model was stable in follow-up. Conclusion: results research show that Instrument of Clinical Creativity Therapy Model can improve the executive functions and decrease depression in the depressed men and women patients. Thus it is suggested that this model be use to improve the status depressed patient. The clinical creativity therapy model is useful and practical technique for psychologist and mental health specialists.
