The Impact of the Composed approach of Cognitive -Behavioral Therapy and Danger Ideation Reduction Therapy on Obsessive-Compulsive disorder among Female university students

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The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of the integrated approach of cognitive behavioral therapy and the danger ideation reduction therapy on obsessive – compulsive disorder in female students of Tehran universities .
The research method was quasi experimental. 600 female students ( aged between 22 and 28) were selected from three universities ( Allameh Tabatabayee, Alzahra, and Tehran University) , and answered to Maudsley obsessive- compulsive Inventory. Then 12 patients who were diagnosed by this test and the psychiatrist’s opinion based on DSM-1V diagnostic criteria , with obsessive compulsive disorder of washing were randomly chosen and .divided to experimental and control groups.
The experimental group participated in sessions of composed approach of group cognitive – behavior therapy and danger ideation reduction therapy being held twice a week, 90 minutes each session, during two months.
The findings confirmed the hypothesis based on the effectiveness of the composed approach of cognitive – behavioral group therapyand DIRT on obsessive-compulsive disorder in female university students. Using t-test, a significant difference was obtained at the level of P

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Journal of Psychological Studies
Volume 6, Issue 1
April 2010
Pages 43-56

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