A comparison of the effect of Islamic therapy and cognitive – behavioral therapy on patients with obsessive – compulsive disorder

حسن آبادي, حميدرضا and ميکائيلي, دکتر نيلوفر and احدي, دکتر بتول (2010) A comparison of the effect of Islamic therapy and cognitive – behavioral therapy on patients with obsessive – compulsive disorder. Masters thesis, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili.

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Abstract

The purpose of the present research was to investigate the effectiveness of Islamic therapy in comparison to Cognitive-behavior therapy in decreasing the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. For this purpose, from those who had referred to the psychiatric and psychological clinic in Mashhad, 45 subjects whose with confirmed obsessive-compulsive disorder were selected randomly. The subjects were assigned into three groups of Islamic therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy and control group. In pretest and posttest Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale was used. Treatment sessions were held once a week. Each session lasted one hour, totally, eight sessions were held. ANOVA was used to analyze the results. Results analysis showed both methods used (i.e. Islamic therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy) were equally effective in decreasing the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder and no significant difference was observed between them. Further analysis manifested that the age, sex, education, marital status of subjects had no effect on the results.

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