The Effectiveness of Group Metacognitive Therapy on Major Depression and Mental Health in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

سال انتشار: 1398
نوع سند: مقاله کنفرانسی
زبان: انگلیسی
مشاهده: 333

نسخه کامل این مقاله ارائه نشده است و در دسترس نمی باشد

استخراج به نرم افزارهای پژوهشی:

لینک ثابت به این مقاله:

شناسه ملی سند علمی:

NSCMED08_289

تاریخ نمایه سازی: 15 دی 1398

چکیده مقاله:

Background and Aim : Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a central nervous system inflammatory or neurodegenerative disease of autoimmune cause that is often correlated with psychological disorders and cognitive deficits, exhaustion, tension, and psychosocial pressure. There has been a comprehensive analysis of proof for beneficial effects for cognitive and neuropsychological treatments. Metacognitive therapy (MCT) is a modern approach to psychotherapy which differs significantly from other types of psychotherapy in its emphasis on metacognitive mechanisms and metacognitive attitudes as well as on controlling thought patterns, as opposed to traditional cognitive therapy where cognitive content is the object of psychotherapeutic treatment. In this study, we aimed to examine the effects of group metacognitive therapy (MCT), on major depression and mental health in patients with Multiple Sclerosis.Methods : The planning of this study is through a quasi-experimental method of pretest and posttest type with control group. The sampling method was first a census among the members of the MS Association of Tehran Province. 30 patients have been chosen by available (convenient) sampling and were randomly divided into two groups of experimental (n = 15) and control (n = 15). Beck Depression Inventory and Goldberg Mental Health Questionnaires were completed by subjects before and after treatment. Group metacognitive therapy was applied by trained psychotherapist for 8 sessions with a frequency of one session per week.Results : Data analysis with one-way ANOVA illustrated that in subjects with group metacognitive therapy the level of depression significantly decreased (F = 3.58, P = 0.04) and the level of mental health improved (F = 4.48, p = 0.02) after the intervention. There is no difference observed in control group.Conclusion : We demonstrated that Group Metacognitive Therapy has beneficial therapeutic roles in improving the mental health and reduction of major depression in multiple sclerosis patients. Further studies with larger groups and a randomized design are needed to confirm these promising initial findings.

نویسندگان

Negar Karimi

Research instructor, Research Group of Cognitive Science, Academic Center of Education, Culture and Research, Alborz Branch, Alborz, Iran

Narges Eftekhari

PhD student of General Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Semnan Branch

Nima Ganji

Associate Professor, Culture and Research, Alborz Branch, Alborz, Iran

Parvaneh Farhadbeigi

Research instructor, Research Group of Cognitive Science, Academic Center of Education, Culture and Research, Alborz Branch, Alborz, Iran