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- Title
The Comparison of the Effects of Pharmacotherapy and Pharmaco-Cognitive Therapy in Reducing Depression in Divorced Women.
- Authors
Mohtasham, Saeid
- Abstract
Introduction: This study is conducted aimed at comparing the two treatment modalities in terms of decreasing depression symptoms in divorced women in the city of Birjand. Methods: This study uses an experimental method with the Beck Depression Test administered to divorced women with depression symptoms. The subjects were then assigned to 2 groups randomly, with one group having received just pharmacologic agents and the other one having received both medications and cognitive therapy. The independent t-test was administered, and the data were analyzed using the SPSS software. Results: The mean score of depression for the two groups had no significant difference prior to the treatment, and after treatment with only medications, no statistically significant changes were observed in the mean score of depression in the control group; besides, in the mixed pharmaco-cognitive treatment, the mean score of depression was statistically significant after the treatment. According to this study results, it seems that using pharmacotherapy per se produces no satisfactory results in treating this group of patients, and that the effects of the combined therapy with medications and cognitive modalities should be considered in divorced women with depression.
- Subjects
DIVORCED women; DRUG therapy; COGNITIVE therapy
- Publication
Iranian Journal of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences / Progress in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, 2018, p161
- ISSN
1735-8639
- Publication type
Article