Effectiveness of Functional Analytic Psychotherapy on Obsessive Symptoms, Depression and Quality of Life in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Master’s Degree, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The purpose of study was to determine the effectiveness of Functional Analytic Psychotherapy on Obsessive Symptoms, Depression and Quality of Life(QL) in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).This semi-experimentalresearchwasconducted with pre-posttest design with an experimental and a control group.The statistical population consisted of patients with a diagnosis of Obsessive Disorder,that among them30 married patients with OCD were selected. They were divided randomly to an experimental and a control group.All patients were assessed twice by Questionnaires, The Beck Depression Inventory, The World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment, and Yale Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale. The experimental group received 10 Functional Analytic Psychotherapy. Analysis of covariance showed that at the experimental group showed a significant improvement in all of the variables.According to the on reducing Obsessive Symptoms, Depression and increasing QL, treatment can be used for people with OCD.

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