Ebtesam Jasemi Zargan; Nemat Sotoudeh Asl; Ameneh Moazedian; Faezeh Jahan
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Introduction: The aim of this study was to effectiveness of metacognitive therapy and transcranial direct current stimulation on the executive functions of veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. Methods: The present study is a quasi-experimental study and its research design is pre-test and post-test ...
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Introduction: The aim of this study was to effectiveness of metacognitive therapy and transcranial direct current stimulation on the executive functions of veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. Methods: The present study is a quasi-experimental study and its research design is pre-test and post-test with a control group. Sixty PTSD veterans of Bustan Psychiatric Hospital in Ahvaz participated in study as a sample and were randomly divided into three groups of metacognitive therapy, tDCS and control. The measuring instruments were the Stroop test and the Tower of London test. Data were analyzed using ANCOVA. Results: the results showed that in the executive function test of Stroop and Tower of London in the pre-test stage there was no significant difference between groups (P <0.05) but in the post-test stage there was a significant difference between groups (0.05 > P). According to the results of Bonferroni test, there is a significant difference between the metacognitive therapy group with control (P<0.05) and tDCS with control (P<0.05) in strop and Tower of London test, but there is none significant difference between the metacognitive therapy and tDCS groups (P <0.05). Conclusion: use of metacognitive therapy approach as well as tDCS of can improve executive functions in veterans with PTSD. Therefore, it is recommended to therapists and rehabilitators and all people who deal with such people to use these two types of approaches in their daily plans and to improve executive functions.
Fatemeh Ghayour Kazemi; Zohreh Sepehri Shamloo; ali mashhadi; ali ghanaei chamanabad; forazan pasalar
Volume 4, Issue 12 , June 2018, , Pages 77-100
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Aim: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of Metacognitive therapy and Neurofeedback training on Anxiety Symptoms, Emotion Regulation and Brain waves activity in Female Students with Social Anxiety Disorder. Method: 5 students with diagnosis of SAD were selected from Ferdowsi and Farhangian ...
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Aim: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of Metacognitive therapy and Neurofeedback training on Anxiety Symptoms, Emotion Regulation and Brain waves activity in Female Students with Social Anxiety Disorder. Method: 5 students with diagnosis of SAD were selected from Ferdowsi and Farhangian universities of Mashhad by volunteer sampling method and using SCID-I and SPIN, peered and randomly assigned to the MCT and neurofeedback groups. 8session per week for MCT and 16sessions 3times per week for neurofeedback was performed. Participants completed the Emotion Regulation questionnaire in the baseline, the end of the treatment and follow-up. Conner's Inventory was answered 2times within the treatment and brain waves activity was recorded in the neurofeedback group before and after the treatment. The revised graphs and Percent recovery was used for data analysis. Findings: the effectiveness of both treatments was positive and significant in SAD's symptoms and participants' recovery was continued during follow up, but the effectiveness of both treatments for the Emotion Regulation was not significant and only one of the MCT subjects had a significant effect. Also the subjects of the neurofeedback group experienced a normal alpha waves and F3 and F4 areas after treating. Conclusion: In sum, the results indicate the positive effect of metacognitive therapy and neurofeedback on SAD and brain waves of subjects, but in Emotion Regulation, the effect of these treatments was not significant.
