scholarly journals Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy: A Technique to Reduce and Maintain Overweight

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Obese People ◽  
Overweight People ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy ◽  
Behavioral Group ◽  
The State Of Kuwait

According to cognitive behavioral therapy, the thoughts that overweight and obese people have about their body affect their weight loss. Many overweight and obese people complain of their weight; however, for different reasons, these people either they do not follow a diet program or quit when do so. Thus, cognitive behavioral therapy works to change the misconceptions that make humans following diet programs reluctant to accept positive ideas. In this study, 19 obese or overweight people were randomly selected from those attending the Kuwait Center for Nutrition, the State of Kuwait. Twelve cognitive behavioral group therapy sessions were carried out to change their thoughts and lifestyles linked to their food habits. The results of the study show that significant changes were found with the experimental group in their thoughts and lifestyles. The results of this study emphasize that changing people’s thoughts and lifestyles plays an important role in tackling their overweight and obesity. They learned how to keep positive thoughts and lifestyles about their diet program to reduce and maintain their weight.

scholarly journals Comparison of the Effectiveness of Existential Group Therapy with Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy on Increasing Life Satisfaction among the Methadone Maintenance Patients

2020 ◽  
pp. 172-177
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Group Therapy ◽  
Methadone Maintenance ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Methadone Maintenance Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Behavioral Group

Background and Aims: Given the success of group psychotherapy as well as drug therapies to improve drug-dependent patients, it is increasingly necessary to compare different interventions to select the most effective way to reduce the problems of methadone maintenance therapists. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of existential group therapy with cognitive-behavioral group therapy on increasing the life satisfaction of addicted people under methadone maintenance therapy. Materials and Methods: This semi-experimental study was conducted based on the pretest-posttest method with a control group. The study population included addicted males who underwent methadone maintenance treatment at Qazvin Addiction Treatment and Injury Clinics in 2019, Qazvin, Iran. The participants (n=90) were randomly selected and divided into experimental (existential and cognitive-behavioral therapy) and control groups. Subsequently, the experimental groups participated in 10 sessions of 120-min per week. The data were analyzed in SPSS software (version 22) through a repeated-measures ANOVA. Results: The results showed the improvement of life satisfaction in the existential and cognitive-behavioral therapy groups (P<0.001); however, the control group showed no significant difference in pretest, posttest, and follow-up. Furthermore, the results indicated no significant difference between cognitive-behavioral and existential therapy groups in terms of life satisfaction (P>0.05). Conclusion: It can be concluded that both cognitive-behavioral and existential therapies are effective in increasing the life satisfaction of addicted patients under methadone maintenance therapy; however, no significant difference was observed between the two experimental groups regarding the increasing level of satisfaction.

Comparison of Group and Individual Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Reducing Fear of Negative Evaluation

2011 ◽  
Vol 108 (3) ◽  
pp. 955-962 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ebrahim Rezaei Dogaheh ◽  
Parvaneh Mohammadkhani ◽  
Behrooz Dolatshahi
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Group Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Social Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Negative Evaluation ◽  
Fear Of Negative Evaluation ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy

Previous studies have established the efficacy of group and individual formats of cognitive-behavioral therapy in reducing fear of negative evaluation in social anxiety disorder, but the effectiveness of the group and individual therapies has not been widely assessed. This study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of cognitive-behavior group therapy to individual cognitive-behavioral therapy in social anxiety disorder. 28 patients were randomly allocated to two groups of 14. Each group participated in 12 weekly sessions. The final sample was 22 participants after drop-out. Pretest and posttest data were collected using the Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory-II. Controlling for pretest fear of negative evaluation and depression, cognitive-behavioral group therapy was more effective than individual cognitive-behavioral therapy in reducing fear of negative evaluation, but the clinical significance and improvement rates of the two treatment formats were equivalent.

scholarly journals Brief Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy and Verbal-Exposure-Augmented Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder in University Students: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial

2021 ◽  
pp. 025371762110262
Author(s):  
Preeti Singh ◽  
Narendra Nath Samantaray
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ◽  
University Students ◽  
Social Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy ◽  
Behavioral Group

Background: Considering the need for developing and examining evidenced-based programs using a brief group format for management of social anxiety disorder (SAD) at the community level, we studied theefficacy of two brief versions of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) programs, brief cognitive-behavioral group therapy (bCBGT), and verbal exposure augmented cognitive behavioral therapy (VE-CBT), on social anxiety among university students. Methods: A single-center, randomized, parallel-group design was adopted. We delivered six weekly two-hour group sessions, bCBGT and VE-CBT, to 41 university students diagnosed with SAD. An independent rater assessed participants using the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) and Clinical Global Impression scale-Severity (CGI-S) at baseline, postintervention, and two-month follow-up. A patient-rated measure, Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN), was assessed at the same time-points. Results: There was a significant improvement in severity of social anxiety from baseline to posttreatment and baseline to two-month follow-up in both groups. However, the treatment effects in bCBGT were statistically superior to VE-CBT at postintervention (SPIN, P = 0.038; LSAS, P = 0.028; CGI-S, P = 0.036) and follow-up (SPIN, P = 0.006; LSAS, P = 0.01; CGI-S, P = 0.04). Conclusions: Brief CBT treatments, both bCBGT and VE-CBT, are efficacious for SAD among university students. They have the potential to address barriers associated with SAD management. However, we recommend a longer follow-up and replications in diverse settings. Clinical trial registration number: CTRI/2019/11/021954

scholarly journals The Effectiveness of Targeted Music Therapy Intervention and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy on Sleep Quality and Symptoms of Insomnia Disorder in seniors

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Mottaghi ◽  
Ali Kamkar ◽  
Alireza Mardpoor
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy ◽  
Insomnia Disorder ◽  
Behavioral Group ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Experimental Group

Context and Objective: Due to the high prevalence of sleep disorder in seniors, this study focuses on the effect of objective music therapy or MAT and cognitive-behavioral therapy or CBT on overall sleep quality and subscale indexes of sleep quality in seniors. Methodology: The present study is an experimental one with random selection of the subjects. The sample study is taken from 5000 senior member’s if Shiraz’s Jahandedehgan day care center. This study holds 66 subjects containing the entry and exclusion criteria. Following 7.85 percent loss, 61 seniors suffering from primary insomnia disorder and mean age of 68.15 were placed into three groups, two experimental and one control group. The experimental group one takes part in musical and cognitive-behavioral group therapy and the experimental group two takes part in cognitive-behavioral group therapy while the last group received no intervention. All patients in this study were measured for the level of disorder and before and after the treatment using the PSQI scale of insomnia disorder. The collected data were measured by statistical software SPSS 21 and were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance or MANCOVA and ANCOVA. Findings: The mean of overall sleep quality before the intervention in experimental groups 1&2 and control were 13/31, 12/95, and 12/7 respectively and were changed into 13.31, 9.73, and 7.59 after the intervention in post-test and finally in the 3 months follow-ups the means become 7.22, 9.32, and 13.55. The mean difference in the overall sleep quality after the intervention and the subscale indexes were significant as The result showed musical therapy and cognitive behavioral caused a significant reduction on the patients with the symptoms of insomnia disorder (P<0.001). Conclusion: The present study shows that music therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy are more effective in developing overall sleep quality and decreasing the symptoms of insomnia disorder in seniors than the cognitive-behavioral therapy alone. Using this method by experts in the field of mental health and elderly care companions is strongly recommended. Trial registration: This study is registered in the IRCT Register, IRCT2015041521754N3. Ethical approval was gained in June 2015.

scholarly journals Comparing the Effects of Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Multidimensional Pain Symptoms in Breast Cancer Patients

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 306-317
Author(s):  
Nasrin Goodarzi ◽  
◽  
Javid Peymani ◽  
Hasan Ashayeri ◽  
Farahnaz Meschi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Therapy ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Pain Experience ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy ◽  
Behavioral Group ◽  
Pain Symptoms

Background and Aim: In every age of history, human beings have been afflicted with the fear of disease. Undoubtedly, cancer is among the most concerning diseases; cancer pain is among the major pains. The present study aimed to compare the effects of cognitive-behavioral group therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on multidimensional pain symptoms in patients with breast cancer. Methods & Materials: The present study was applied concerning the purpose and applied a quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest, a two-month follow-up, and control group design. The statistical population was all women with breast cancer referring to Tehran Cancer Research Center in 2018 who were selected by convenience sampling method, consisting of 30 patients. They were randomly divided into two groups of intervention and the control group. The repeated-measures Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to analyze the obtained data. The research instrument was a multidimensional pain questionnaire (West Hyun-Yale) to evaluate multiple pain indices. Results: The current study results suggested that cognitive-behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy were effective on pain experience (P<0.001); however, there was no significant difference between the intervention groups respecting pain experience. Conclusion Based on the present research findings, cognitive-behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy impacted the management and pain intensity of patients with breast cancer.

A Comparison of Social Phobia Outcome Measures in Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy

1998 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian J. Cox ◽  
Leah Ross ◽  
Richard P. Swinson ◽  
David M. Direnfeld
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Social Phobia ◽  
Outcome Measures ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy ◽  
Behavioral Group

scholarly journals Cognitive-behavioral group therapy for intermittent explosive disorder: description and preliminary analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 316-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana M. Costa ◽  
Gustavo C. Medeiros ◽  
Sarah Redden ◽  
Jon E. Grant ◽  
Hermano Tavares ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Preliminary Analysis ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Intermittent Explosive Disorder ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy ◽  
Behavioral Group
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