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BACKGROUND: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a heterogeneous disease that is usually seen in women of reproductive age and causes complications such as body image dissatisfaction, anxiety, and depression. This study was done with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy (EFT) and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) on body image, anxiety, and depression in women with PCOS. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This research was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with control and follow-up groups. The statistical population included all women with PCOS who were referred to the infertility clinic of Afzalipur Hospital in Kerman in 2022. A total of 45 patients were selected as a sample using the convenience sampling method and then they were randomly assigned to two experimental groups (15 people each) and a control group (15 people). After the pre-test, the experimental groups were subjected to the interventions of EFT and CBT, and afterward the post-test was performed. Cash et al., body image questionnaire, and Beck anxiety and depression questionnaires were used. Data were analyzed using PSS21 software and analysis of variance. RESULTS: The findings revealed that the effectiveness of EFT and CBT on body image, anxiety, and depression is significant (P < 0.05). The comparison of the two therapy showed that the effect of CBT on body image, anxiety, and depression is more than EFT. Moreover, there was no statistically significant difference between the post-test and follow-up scores (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION: According to the results, CBT can reduce dissatisfaction with body image, anxiety, and depression in women with PCOS, therefore it is recommended to use this therapy.
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INTRODUCTION: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a complex and heterogeneous neuropsychiatric syndrome. Contamination obsessions and washing/cleaning compulsions are the most frequent clinical OCD subtypes. The current study aimed at examining the neuropsychological impairments in drug-naive obsessive-compulsive (OC) washers without depressive symptoms and their association with the severity of symptoms. METHODS: In the current causal-comparative study, 35 patients with diagnostic and statistical mental disorders class (DSM)-IV diagnosed with washing-subtype OCD and 35 healthy subjects were selected by the convenience sampling method and evaluated by computerized neuropsychology battery and clinical tests as Stroop Color-Word Test (SCWT), Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), Go/No-Go Test, Digits Forward (DF), Digits Backward (DB), Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ)-28. The patients were matched to the comparison group with regard to age, gender, intelligence quotient (IQ), education, and handedness. All the tests were standardized in Iran. SPSS version 20.00 was used for descriptive and analytical data analysis. RESULTS: There was no statistically significant different between the OCD washing and the control groups regarding socio-demographic variables or IQ. There were significant differences between the OC washer and the healthy control groups on the neuropsychological functioning. The obtained results suggested that OC washers performed significantly worse on neuropsychological measures than the controls. There was no significant association between the severity of OC symptoms and the neuropsychological functions in the OCD washing group. CONCLUSION: It was concluded that executive function impairment, which is a core feature in OC washers was trait-like in nature.