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Objective: Obesity is a major health problem. Nowadays approximately one-third of the world population suffer from obesity which is frequently accompanied with serious medical and emotional problems. Three main evidence-based options exist for the treatment of obese individuals: lifestyle modification, pharmacotherapy, and bariatric surgery. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral treatment in treating of patients with obesity
Methods: Three women with body mass index of 30 kg/m2 or more were selected by purposive sampling method to take a part in an A-B single subject design with follow up. Patients responded to the multidimensional body-self relations questionnaire-appearance scales [MBSRQ-AS], Binge eating scale [BES] and Rosenberg self-esteem scale [RSES] at 3 stages of baseline [pre-treatment], treatment [2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th, and 12th sessions], and follow up. In addition, weighing of patients was carried out at beginning of each session. Data were analyzed by graphs and improvement rates$Results: Results showed that therapy was effective in weight loss, reduction of binge eating, and maintaining of weight loss. It also increased body image satisfaction but failed in self-esteem improvement
Conclusion: The cognitive-behavioral treatment was effective in treating of obese patients. This treatment outcome data are consistent with cognitive-behavioral treatment of obesity proposed by other scientists
ABSTRACT
Objective: The most common problem that delinquent children and juveniles deal with at every moment is the lack of sufficient control over their aggression. Accordingly, the aim of this study is to investigate the effects of mental rehabilitation group therapy based on acceptance and commitment on decreasing aggression in juvenile delinquents
Methods: This study employed a quasi-experimental method with a pretest-post-test design and a 2-month follow-up with both the experimental and the control group. To conduct this study, 30 cases of delinquent juveniles were selected by the Buss and Perry Aggression Questionnaire, and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. The Experimental group received 8 sessions of acceptance and commitment group therapy
Results: Results were analyzed using ANOVA, and showed that the experimental group demonstrated a significant reduction in aggression and its aspects [physical aggression, verbal aggression, anger and hostility] compared with the control group. This difference was also maintained in the follow-up phase [P< 0.001]
Discussion: The results showed that acceptance and commitment group therapy can effectively reduce overall aggression and its dimension [physical aggression, verbal aggression, anger and hostility], and that the results last to the follow-up phase