اثربخشی درمان مبتنی بر پذیرش و تعهد بر اختلال وحشت زدگی

Background: Acceptance and commitment therapy is a third generation behavior therapy in treatment of anxiety disorders. The present research was aimed to investigate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on panic disorder. Materials and Methods: Research type was semi-experimental and pre-test, post-test design with control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of all patients referring to health centers and psychiatric clinics in Bandar Abbas with early diagnosis of panic disorder Among them 30 people were selected based on available sampling and randomly were assigned in two experimental and control groups. The experimental group received At 8 sessions 45 minutes Intervention on acceptance and commitment treatment but did not intervene on the control group. The research instruments include Structured Clinical Interview and Beck Anxiety. The gathered data were analyzed through ANOVA.Results: The results showed that the intervention Acceptance and Commitment Therapy caused a significant difference between the two groups in the scores of panic disorder (P <0.05).Conclusion: The results emphasized the importance of this intervention Acceptance and Commitment Therapy recommended to use this therapeutic approach in clinics and psychiatric clinics of the country to reduce panic disorder.

Keywords:

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy , Panic disorder