Efficiency of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on the Depression and Anxiety of the Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Introduction

Posttraumatic stress disorder in one of the most important mental problems of the veterans which bring about other difficulties for them; therefore, the present study addressed investigating the efficiency of cognitive-behavioral therapy on the decrease of depression and anxiety of the veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Materials and Methods

It was a quasi-experimental study with pretest, posttest and control group design. The statistical population included the veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder in the city of Bandar Abbas in summer and autumn of 2019 who referred to the martyrs and veterans consultation centers in the province of Hormozgan. 24 veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder were selected through purposive sampling method and they were randomly replaced into experimental and control groups (each group of 12 veterans). The experimental group received ten ninety-minute sessions of cognitive-behavioral therapy during two-and-a-half months. The applied questionnaires in the current study included anxiety questionnaire, depression questionnaire and the questionnaire of post-traumatic stress disorder. The data from the study were analyzed through ANCOVA method using SPSS 23 software.

Results

The results showed that the cognitive-behavioral therapy had significant effect on the decrease of depression and anxiety of the veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (p<0.001) and succeeded in the decrease of their anxiety and depression.

Conclusion

According to the findings of the present study it can be concluded that cognitive-behavioral therapy can be applied as an efficient therapy to decrease depression and anxiety of the veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder through employing techniques such as doing behavioral practices, identifying ineffective fundamental beliefs, and emotions resulting from rational and efficient thoughts.

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Persian
Published:
Medical Journal of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Volume:64 Issue: 4, 2022
Pages:
3841 to 3852
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