The Effectiveness of Schema Therapy Integrated With Neurological Rehabilitation on Reducing Early Maladaptive Schemas and Symptoms of Depression in Patients with Chronic Depressive Disorder

Referring the prevalence of depression in recent years, especially chronic depression and its resistanceto treatment approaches, particular attention to this disease seems necessary. The aim of this study is the effectiveness of schema therapy integrated with neurological rehabilitation methods to reducecognitive schema in chronic depressive disorder .This research has been done in the form of single case pilot study with multi-stepped base lines. Forthis purpose, six patients (three females and three males) from ١٣th District Cultural center in Tehran,who were diagnosed with chronic depression, were chosen to be evaluated by Beck Depression Scale,Young Schema Questionnaire and diagnostic interviews.The results signified the effectiveness of schema therapy integrated with neurological rehabilitationaccording to all subjects' scores decrease from baseline to post-treatment session, and then a twomonths follow-up for the first participant to the sixth one. The scores of all six subjects has fallen inYoung Schema Scale and Beck Depression Inventory during the sessions. This shows the schematherapeutic efficacy integrated with neurological rehabilitation in reducing symptoms of depression.Accordingly the schema therapy treatment integrated with neurological rehabilitation can besignificantly effective through creating a positive schema, also through widening the positive views indepressed patients and moderating their negative cognitions.

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Neurological rehabilitation ، schema therapy ، cognitive schemas ، chronic depression