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Introduction: Women, due to menstruation, pregnancy, and poor iron intake and absorption, are prone to iron deficiency anemia and its effects. The present study aimed to assess the effectiveness of process-based therapy in working memory and sleep quality in women suffering from iron deficiency anemia and generalized anxiety disorder. Materials & Methods: This study utilized a single-case experimental design. For doing so, six female participants suffering from iron deficiency anemia were selected through purposive sampling and received individual process-based therapy during nine 60-minute sessions. In the pre-treatment stage, the participants responded to Newman, Zueling, Kachin, and Constantino's fourth version of the generalized anxiety disorder questionnaire and underwent clinical interviews. They also completed a working memory test and sleep quality questionnaire in baseline stages, third, sixth, and ninth sessions of the intervention, and finally at the 3-month follow-up stages. The data were analyzed using visual analysis, a stable change index, and a recovery percentage formula. Results: The results pointed out that the rates of overall recovery in working memory in the intervention and follow-up stages were 52.95% and 85.43%, respectively. Moreover, the rates of overall recovery in sleep quality in the intervention and follow-up stages were 66.57% and 75.78%, respectively, indicating success in therapy. Conclusion: Process-based therapy improves working memory and increases the sleep quality of participants. Therefore, it is suggested to be used as a method of treatment and complementary to medical treatment to remedy comorbid mental disorders and improve the general performance of people with anemia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: A woman due to menstruation, pregnancy and poor iron intake and absorption it is prone to iron deficiency anemia and its effects. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of process-based treatment on anxiety in women suffering from iron deficiency anemia and generalized anxiety disorder. Methods: It was performed by utilizing a single-case experimental design. In doing this, six female participants suffering from iron deficiency anemia were selected through purposive sampling and placed under the individual process-based therapy during nine 60-minute sessions. In the pre-treatment stage, the participants responded to Newman, Zueling, Kachin and Constantino's fourth version of the generalized anxiety disorder questionnaire and underwent clinical interviews. They also completed the Beck's depression inventory in the baseline stages and third, sixth and ninth sessions of the intervention and finally at the 3-month follow up stages. The data were analyzed by the method of visual analysis, stable change index and recovery percentage formula, and the effectiveness of the treatment was evaluated using the Ingram criteria. Results: The results showed that the percentage of overall recovery in depression for the first to sixth participants in the intervention stage was 49/26 ،50/54 ،59/27, 76/20 ،54/41 ۸۳/٥۷ و and in the follow-up stages was 70/10 ،64/70 ،75/93 ،78/61 ،77/57 ۹۳/۸٤ و ;respectively. Also, the percentage of overall recovery in the intervention and follow-up stages was 57/90 and 75/30; respectively indicating to a success in therapy. Conclusions: Process-based therapy reduces depression of the research participants and it is suggested to be used as a method of treatment and complementary to medical treatment to remedy comorbid mental disorders and improve the general performance of people with anemia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Motivation is a key element in treatment and recovery of substance use disorders by influencing patients to seek, complete, and acceptance of treatment and make successful long-term changes Objective: the current study was conducted in other to evaluate treatment motivation based on cognitive self-control and self-compassion in people with substance dependency. Materials and Methods: The study carried out was a cross sectional type. The whole people with substance dependency referred to Shiraz centers of addiction treatment in the second half of 1392, comprised our statistical population of this research. One hundred and fifty people were selected by multistage random sampling method. Having conducted clinical interview, they were asked to respond to questionnaires of cognitive self-control, self-compassion and treatment motivation. Collected data were analyzed by tests of Pearson correlation and multivariate and multiple regressions. Results: The results showed that treatment motivation is negatively correlated with low self-control (r=-0.41; P<0.001), and positively with self-kindness(r=0.37; P<0.001), self-judgment(r=0.32;P<0.001), common humanity(r=0.33; P<0.001), isolation(r=0.32; P<0.001), mindfulness(r=0.40; P<0.001), and over-identification(r=0.36; P<0.001). The results of multiple regression showed that 30% variance of motivation, 30% variance of problem recognition, 28% variance of ambivalence and 24% variance taking steps are explained by self- compassion and cognitive self-control. Conclusion: The results of this study demonstrate that cognitive self-control and self- compassion play a role in predicting treatment motivation and readiness to change in drug-dependent individuals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]