List of Articles Major depressive disorder

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  1 - The Effectiveness of Lifestyle Training on Cognitive, Emotional and Behavioral Symptoms of Depressed Individuals
  Maedeh Parvin Jalil Babapour Mostafa Zarean
  Depression is one of the most common mental disorders among men and women, which is associated with cognitive, emotional, behavioral and physiologic symptoms. This disorder is relatively chronic and a significant percentage of people who suffer from this disorder experi More

  Depression is one of the most common mental disorders among men and women, which is associated with cognitive, emotional, behavioral and physiologic symptoms. This disorder is relatively chronic and a significant percentage of people who suffer from this disorder experience frequent recurrence. Research about the impact of lifestyle on both the physical and mental illnesses, particularly chronic illnesses, has been considered in the contemporary age. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of lifestyle training on cognitive, emotional and behavioral symptoms in people who suffer from major depression. In order to this, an experimental and single case study with multiple baselines with three patients with major depressive disorder who were selected by using purposive method was implemented. The sample of study was chosen from people with major depression who refer to the counseling and psychological services centers in Tehran. Visuals inspection, improvement percentage and effect size showed that lifestyle training is clinically efficient on the reduction of cognitive, emotional and behavioral symptoms in people who suffer from depression. Lifestyle training has appropriate efficacy in the reduction of cognitive, emotional and behavioral symptoms. Manuscript profile
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  2 - The effectiveness of integrated Transdiagnostic Treatment in reducing the symptoms of major depressive disorder
  Abas Bakhshipour Babak Vojodi Majid Mahmood Alilo Reaz Abdi
  Major depressive disorder is one of the main worldwide challenges of the century due to its widespread prevalence, fairly persistent nature, and impairing impact that it has on academic and job performance, interpersonal relationships, and economic, social, and human re More

  Major depressive disorder is one of the main worldwide challenges of the century due to its widespread prevalence, fairly persistent nature, and impairing impact that it has on academic and job performance, interpersonal relationships, and economic, social, and human resources.. The present research conducted with the aim of studying the efficacy of integrated transdiagnostic treatment on reduction of major depressive disorder’s symptoms. In order to do this, a single case study with multiple baselines was implemented. Three patients diagnosed with major depressive disorder were selected by using purposeful sampling method through diagnostic and structured clinical interviews. The subjects underwent the treatment process subsequent to obtaining treatment requirements. Patients were evaluated in three phases of intervention (baseline, treatment, and follow-up) by Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II), and Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS). Visual delineation, recovery percentage, and the effect size revealed that integrated transdiagnostic treatment elicits significant improvement both in clinical and statistical treatment objectives (symptoms of major depressive disorder and functioning impairment level), and that the treatment effect is continuous throughout the follow-up period. It could be determined that integrated transdiagnostic Treatment has appropriate efficacy on the reduction of major depressive disorder symptoms. Manuscript profile