Aims Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT) and Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) are psychotherapy approaches offering specific methods for the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Therefore, this study compared the effectiveness of MBT and CAT on improving the ego strength and defense mechanisms in people with BPD. Methods & Materials This was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest and a control group design and follow-up stage. In total, 40 men with BPD were selected by purposive sampling technique. The samples were selected from males admitted to Isar psychiatric Hospital and the psychiatric department of Fatemi Hospital in Ardabil City, Iran, in 2018. The samples were randomly assigned into two experimental groups and one control group. The first experimental group received 20 sessions of MBT, and the second experimental group received 16 sessions of CAT. To collect data, we used psychological inventory ego strength and defense styles questionnaire. The obtained data were analyzed using mixed model Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Scheffe posthoc test. Findings The collected results suggested that both interventions were effective in improving the ego strength and defense mechanisms of people with BPD (P<0.001). However, the effect of MBT on the overall score of the ego strength and the immature defenses was higher than that of the other intervention (P<0.05). Moreover, there was no significant difference in neurotic defense between the two interventions (P>0.05). Conclusion The present research results can support the use of these therapies as part of a non-pharmaceutical treatment program in different treatment centers or psychiatric hospitals.
Introduction: Diabetes Mellitus is one of the common chronic illnesses, which endanger patient's mental health. Objectives: We think there is a meaningful relationship between Diabetes and occurring the Mental diseases. Aims: The present study was planned to assess the relationship between diabetic patients' mental health and coping strategies. Methods: In this cross-sectional study 193 patients who were referred to diabetes clinic of Imam Khomeini hospital of Ardabil city in north western part of Iran were selected by available sampling method and assessed by GHQ-28 and Folkman-Lazarus questionnaires .Data were analyze by SPSS version 13 software ,using logistic regression analysis and independent t tests. Results: Results showed that 54% of diabetic patients are suspected to have a mental disorder and need more diagnostic assessments .Escape-avoidance (P< 0.001), confronting (P< 0.001) and plan-full problem solving coping strategies could predict the mental health in diabetic patients. Conclusions: Inappropriate and emotion-based coping strategies against medical illnesses-such as escape-avoidance method as a predictor of diabetic patients' mental health-throw patients in vicious cycle of medical and mental illness.
Introduction: Attention Deficit-Hyper Activity Disorder. (ADHD) is a heredity and psychological disorder that often continues to adulthood and causes great number of emotional, social, educational and occupational problem for college students. Objectives: We think there is a meaningful relation between ADHD and people's jobs and conditions. Aims: The aim of this study is determine the prevalence of ADHD among students reside in hostel of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences. Methods: In this cross sectional study selected all students in hostel of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences and all of them fill the Self reporting Conners ADHD questionnaires and the data were extracted and analyzed with SPSS. Results: During this study the prevalence of ADHD is 8.6 percent, and the male gender shows more involvement rate than female and the involved Students show more incidences of smoking and psychotropic drug consumption. Conclusions: According to the high prevalence of ADHD among college Students, diagnosis and treatment of ADHD as soon as possible appears is necessary.
Introduction:Women's Mental health has important section about their personalities.Objectives:We are comparing the personalities of women to each other in different conditions and jobs.Aim:The aim of this study is the comparison of attachment styles and personality sides between women who are victims of domestic violence and ordinary women.Methods:This research included all of them who had complained to family court at first 150 people were randomly studied amid mentioned community by domestic violence questionnaire that 50 people were selected as main annoyed ones were examined in terms of population variable for analysis of data descriptive statistics and k2 and multi-variable variance analysis were used.Results:Achievements expresses that there is a difference between annoyed and ordinary women in terms of attachments styles also it was unfolded that annoyed women vary with those who are ordinary in terms of characteristic sides and it means that annoyed women got higher marks than ordinary ones at aggression point of view and it is mentionable that the difference between 2 groups is significant.Conclusion:Accounts of unsafe attachments styles at annoyed women is one of the reasons which cause reluctant interaction in sexual affairs, then lessens loyalty and kindness levels in joint life and finally leads to disruptive behaviors as violence annoyed women with high aggression low desired level, lack of flexibility and low extrovert personality decrease enjoyment of joint life and satisfaction level in sexual life and with a continues contradictions justify the account of domestic violence.
Objectivities: Suicide risk is greatly increased in schizophrenia. Our study aim was to investigate interactional factors related to the recognition of suicide risk in patients with schizophrenia. Methods: This case-control study focused on 66 schizophrenia patients who had committed suicide Study methods included in-depth interviews of next of kin and interviews of patients that had been saved from suicide and perfect information and statistics were extracted from patient's files and documents in fatemi hospital and analyzed by chi-square. Results: Studies show the most prevalence of disease is in male, citizens, single persons, uncaptioned and the average age was in the mid-thirties. Most participants had an under high school diploma, (56/1%). Almost 60/6% of the sample had a history of a previous depression, undifferentiated type of schizophrenia, previous anti socials acts (56/1%) According to the findings most participants (81/8%) had no precedence of being imprisoned .we survey the declared assumptions of the research and study the presence of any relation or lack of it between variable factors Conclusions: Our findings suggest Prevention of suicide in schizophrenia is likely to result from treatment of affective symptoms, improving adherence to treatment, and maintaining special vigilance in patients with risk factors,
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