Effectiveness of the Emotion-regulation Group Therapy on Symptom Recovery and Quality of Life of Panic Disordered Patients

Emotion Regulation Therapy (ERT) is a multifaceted and integrated treatment that is widely used for generalized anxiety disorder and its effectiveness on factors of generalized anxiety disorder has been approved. The purpose of this study was to examine Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Group Therapy on symptom reduction and quality of life in individuals with Panic disorder. This is an experimental study with pre-test and post-test design and control group. Population of the of the present study was All patients with panic disorder in Shiraz city in 1398 who went to the psychiatric clinics of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. The sample was 22 patients with Panic disorder who were randomly assigned to the experimental group and the control group.

The subjects in the experimental group and the control group were assessed in both pre-test and post-test periods using Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5, Anxiety and Related Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-5 and The World Health Organization Quality of Life questionnaire.

results showed that Group format of Emotion Regulation Therapy significantly Improve Symptoms of anxiety and quality of life of individuals with Panic disorder.

Emotion Regulation Therapy including intervention in worry and emotion regulation construct, Improve symptoms and quality of life of patients with panic disorder.