Comparison of the effect of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy accompanied by pharmacotherapy with pharmacotherapy alone in treating dysthymic patients

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Omidi, Abdollah ^a   Hamidian, Sajedeh ^b   Mousavinasab, Seyyed Masoud ^b   Naziri, Ghasem ^c  

^a KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive therapy; Dysthymia disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSTHYMIA; HUMAN; MINDFULNESS QUESTIONNAIRE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84875353583     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/ircmj.8024     Document Type: Article

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