Evaluation of the effectiveness of neuro-verbal programming (NLP) on reducing the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in patients referred to medical centers in Yazd

Neuro-verbal programming refers to the specific connections between neurological, linguistic, and behavioral processes that are learned through programming. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of neuro-verbal programming (NLP) on reducing the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in patients referred to medical centers in Yazd. This was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design with a control group and using random assignment. The sample of this study consisted of 30 patients with post-traumatic stress disorder who were selected using available sampling method and randomly assigned to experimental (n = 15) and control (n = 15) groups. The instrument used in this study was the revised Event Impact Scale (Weiss and Marmer, 1979). The experimental design was presented to the experimental group in 10 sessions. In order to analyze the data, SPSS-23 software and statistical analysis of covariance were used. The results showed that neuro-verbal programming had an effect on reducing the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (p <0.05). Also in the two-month follow-up period, the effectiveness of neuro-verbal programming was effective in reducing the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (p <0.05). Therefore, it is suggested that this treatment be used in future research to reduce psychological and behavioral problems.