In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iran Neuropsychology Association

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Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of neurofeedback treatment on assertiveness and anxiety of panic attack sufferers. Methods: This study due to its goals and assumptions is quasi-experimental. A pretest-posttest control/experimental group design was used.  20 people who refered to counseling and treatment centers and psychiatric clinics were selected in Tehran in 1395 through random sampling from patients who were diagnosed by physiatrists as having    panic. Participants were divided into two groups of 10 patients. The experimental group received 20 sessions of neurofeedback treatment (45 minutes). The control group received no intervention. The two groups received Beck Anxiety Inventory questionnaire to determine the level of anxiety and Gambrill and Ridgecrest to evaluate their self-expression in both pretest and posttest. To analyze the data variance analysis and multivariate analysis of variance were used. Findigs: The results show that neurofeedback treatment, have significant effects on reducing anxiety and increasing assertiveness in patients with panic attack disorder (PConclusion: neurofeedback treatment is effective in reducing anxiety and increasing assertiveness of patients with panic disorder.

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