خلاصة:
Objective: Dynamic psychotherapies are effective in treating anxiety disorders. However, little is known about their effectiveness in treating Adult Separation Anxiety Disorder (ASAD). The present research aimed to examine the effectiveness of Brief Empathic Psychotherapy (BEP) and anxiety-regulating dynamic therapy or Affect Phobia Therapy (APT) in reducing depression and anxiety in a sample of Iranian university students with ASAD symptoms.
Methods: In total, 30 subjects were randomly assigned to three equal groups [two experimental (BEP and APT) groups and one control group]. Questionnaires were administered in pre-treatment, post-treatment, and follow-up sessions. BEP and APT were provided to the experimental groups in 12 sessions over 4 weeks. All participants provided written informed consent during the pre-treatment assessment.
Results: The results indicated that the measures of Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales showed significant decreases in depression and anxiety in the experimental groups and BEP was more effective than APT in reducing depression, whereas APT showed more significant therapeutic effects than BEP on anxiety but not on depression.
Conclusion: In summary, the results of the present research showed that psychodynamic psychotherapies are effective for treating anxiety disorders, especially ASAD, and have significant therapeutic effects on depression and anxiety.
ملخص الجهاز:
Research Paper: The Effectiveness of Empathic Dynamic Psychotherapy and Anxiety-Regulating Psychodynamic Therapy in Treating Adult Separation Anxiety Disorder Mehri Mowlaie1 /, Nader Hajloo1* /, Goudarz Sadeghi Hashjin2 /, Niloofar Mikaeili1 /, Shima Heidari3 / 1.
The present research aimed to examine the effectiveness of Brief Empathic Psychotherapy (BEP) and anxiety-regulating dynamic therapy or Affect Phobia Therapy (APT) in reducing depression and anxiety in a sample of Iranian university students with ASAD symptoms.
{مراجعه شود به فایل جدول الحاقی} confirmed that SA and SA Disorders (SAD) are preva-lent among adults; according to a WHO study, 43% of patients with SAD report adult onset of symptoms (Milord, 2015; Silove, Lonso Bromet, Grunber, Samp-son, & Scott, 2015).
Patients with ASAD exhibit high levels of dysfunction and poor response to conventional treatments, such as pharmacological and psychological therapies (Copeland, Angold, & Sha- nahan, 2014), compared with those with other anxiety disorders (Miniati, Calugi, & Rucci, 2012).
Dynamic psychotherapies for anx-iety disorders, especially childhood SAD, have shown promising results in reducing anxiety and depression; therefore, based on these therapies, different types of interventions should be developed to treat ASAD.
4. Discussion The present research investigated the effectiveness of BEP and APT in reducing depression and anxiety in university students with ASAD symptoms.
The present research also showed that APT was sig-nificantly effective in reducing anxiety, consistent with Hypothesis 3 and previous findings (Johansson, Hesser, Ljótsson, Frederick, & Andersson, 2016; Maljanen et al.