Effectiveness of Meta cognitive Therapy on Body Image Concern, Anxiety and Depression in Psoriasis Patients

Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease that has many effects on patients' mental health. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of metacognitive therapy on body image concern, anxiety and depression in psoriasis patients.

This research was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest and control group. Thirty people with psoriasis in Mashhad (Iran) selected by available sampling method and the randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group underwent 8 sessions to metacognitive therapy, while the control group did not receive any intervention. The participants completed Body Image Concern Inventory (BICI), Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) and Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II). Data were analyzed by SPSS software, using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA).

The findings showed that there was a significant difference between experimental and control groups in body image concern, anxiety and depression scores (P< 0.05).

The results suggested that metacognitive therapy has a significant effect on reducing body image concern, anxiety and depression in psoriasis patients. Therefore, therapist can use this method to reduce body image concern, anxiety and depression in these patients.