[Efficacy of meta cognitive behavioral therapy in reducing self punishment in patients with post traumatic stress disorder]

ABSTRACT

This study aimed to examine the efficacy of Meta Cognitive Behavioral Therapy [MCBT] on reducing self-punishment behaviors in patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder [PTSD]. In this clinical trial study, One hospital [Shahid Rajaie] was selected from the two psychiatric hospitals for war veterans in Isfahan through multi stage cluster sampling. Thirty subjects were then randomly selected from the war veterans with PTSD referred to this hospital and were randomly assigned to one experimental and one control group. Thought Control Questionnaire [TCQ] was then administerd to both groups as pretest. Afterward the experimental group received Meta-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy [MCBT] in 8 weekly sessions as well as drug therapy while the control group received only drug therapy. Post-tests were then administered to both groups once immediately afterward and then 2 months later