impact of emotionally focused therapy on emotional distress in infertile couples

The present study investigated the effect of emotionally focused therapy [EFT] on factors contributing to emotional distress among infertile couples. In this semi-experimental study, the subjects consisted of 12 Iranian couples: six infertile men and six infertile women. They were assessed as depressed, anxious and stressful individuals using depression, anxiety and stress scale [DASS]. The subjects were randomly divided into control and experimental groups. The experimental group with six couples [i. e. three infertile men and three infertile women] received EFT, while the control group with similar number of couples [i. e. three infertile men and three infertile women] was deprived of the treatment. There were no significant differences between the two groups regarding job, educational level, income, age, marriage and infertility duration. The pre- and post-test comparisons of DASS subscales showed that level of depression, anxiety and stress among couples with EFT instruction was significantly less than those without such instructions [p<0.0001]. Emotionally focused therapy could reduce the rate of depression, anxiety and stress in infertile couples, regardless of the man or woman as the cause of infertility

[ effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction on the rate of depression in patients with chronic low back pain]

The main purpose of this study was to investigate effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction [MBSR] on decreasing depression in patients with chronic low back pain. The statistical population included patients with chronic low back pain who appointed the pain clinics in Tehran. Among whom 23 participants were enrolled with convenience sampling and randomly assigned into two equal experimental and control groups. The questionnaire was consisted of the depression subscale of short form known as the depression anxiety stress scale [DASS -21] which was completed by the patients in pre-test and post-test formats. The results of this research, using Mann-Whitney test, showed that the mean depression score in the experimental group has reduced significantly in comparison with the control group. According to the findings of our study, the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Therapy is significantly effective in decreasing depression in patients with chronic low back pain