International Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences

Vol. 7 No. 4 (2020)

The Effect of Metacognitive Therapy on Reducing Anxiety and Depression among Patients with Traumatic Stress Disorder

International Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 7 No. 4 (2020), 28 December 2020 , Page 50-58
https://doi.org/10.22037/ijabs.v7i4.24996

Abstract

Introduction: Metacognitive therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been developed based on the role of meta-cognitive processes and beliefs in anxiety disorders. In this study, the effectiveness of meta-cognitive therapy on PTSD has been investigated.
Method: This quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test was carried out. The sample consisted of patients with PTSD who referred to Professor Moharri Hospital in Shiraz (N=12). Participants were selected using a structured clinical interview (SCID-I). Sample subjects underwent individual meta-cognitive therapy in 10 sessions. Depression, Stress, and Anxiety Scale was used as a measurement tool in pretest, posttest and follow up. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and dependent t-test.
Results: According to the results,learning metacognitive skills and coping strategies of metacognition reduces the symptoms of mental illnesses such as anxiety, depression and tension in people with PTSD (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Metacognitive therapy is an effective therapeutic approach that has resulted from systematic modeling and hypothesis and has resulted in techniques whose effectiveness in scientific studies has been proved.

Keywords:
  • Posttraumatic stress disorder
  • Meta-cognitive therapy
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Stress.

How to Cite

Hamidi, Z., Mehri Nejad, S. A., & Hosieni, S. samira. (2020). The Effect of Metacognitive Therapy on Reducing Anxiety and Depression among Patients with Traumatic Stress Disorder. International Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences, 7(4), 50–58. https://doi.org/10.22037/ijabs.v7i4.24996

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