In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Health Psychology Association

Document Type : Scientific Research

Authors

1 Phd in Health Psychology, Assistant Professor, Department Of Psychology, Faculty Of Education & Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University,Tehran,Iran

2 Master Student of Clinical Psychology, Shahid Beheshty University of Medical Science

3 Phd in Clinical Psychology, Associate Of Clinical Psychology, Shahid Beheshty University Of Medical Science,Tehran, Iran

4 Phd in Clinical Psychology, Assistant Professor, Department Of Clinical and Health Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University,Tehran, Iran.

5 Phd in Clinical Psychology, Assistant Professor, Department Of Clinical and Health Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University,Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: Adjuvant Psychological Therapy is a therapy derived from cognitive - behavioral therapy which specifically increases quality of life of cancer patients by means of reducing psychological distress. We decided to assessment the influence of Adjuvant Psychological Therapy on anxiety and depression of patients with hematological malignancies. Method: The patients with hematological malignancies, who visited Taleqani hospital in Tehran in 2015, were the samples for the present study. Five samples were chosen in an available sampling method. Each one of them was required to answer Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Results: According to the findings, Adjuvant Psychological Therapy has led to significant decrease in anxiety, depression of patients with hematological malignancies. Conclusion: Adjuvant Psychological Therapy can help decrease in psychological distress of cancer patients

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