en The Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy on Depression, Stress, Anxiety and Symptoms of Migraine عمومى General پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Migraine </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">is a</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> debilitating</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> disease in the world today. </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Depression, stress and anxiety could be mentioned </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">as the most important </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">psychological correlates of</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> migraine. The present study was to investigate the effectiveness of</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> dialectical behavior therapy</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> on depression, stress, anxiety and migraine&#39;s symptoms. </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">This quasi-experimental intervention was<span style="background:white;"> conducted as a pretest-posttest design with experimental and control groups. The population consisted of all the migraine patients in 5 neurological clinics of the Iran Medical Sciences University. </span></span></span><span style="background:white;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Then, </span></span></span><span style="background:white;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">30 patients from the population agreed to collaborate in the treatment and randomly assigned into two groups (n = 15 per group). The <span style="color:black;">instruments applied</span></span> <span style="color:black;">in this study was Ahvaz migraine headache questionnaire (</span></span></span><a href="#Najarian1998"><span style="background:white;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none;"><span style="color:blue;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Najarian, 1998</span></span></span></span></a><span style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">),</span></span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> and </span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">the short version of the Depression Anxiety Stress (DASS-21) Scale </span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">(</span></span></span><a href="#Lovibond1995"><span style="text-decoration:none;text-underline:none;"><span style="color:blue;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995</span></span></span></span></a><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</span></span></span><span style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">. The </span></span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">dialectical behavior therapy program was conducted for interventional group within 12 sessions. Data was</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> compared through covariance analysis. The results showed a </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">significant difference between the two groups, and we observed reduction of depression, stress, anxiety and migraine&#39;s symptoms of DBT group compared with the control group. The implicit inference of this study showed the effectiveness of </span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">dialectical behavior therapy</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> on decreasing the level of migraine&#39;s symptoms and this effect along with the reduction of depression, anxiety and also stress.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">Migraine is a debilitating disease in the world today. Depression, stress and anxiety could be mentioned as the most important psychological correlates of migraine. The present study was to investigate the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy on depression, stress, anxiety and migraine&#39;s symptoms. This quasi-experimental intervention was conducted as a pretest-posttest design with experimental and control groups. The population consisted of all the migraine patients in 5 neurological clinics of the Iran Medical Sciences University. Then, 30 patients from the population agreed to collaborate in the treatment and randomly assigned into two groups (n = 15 per group). The instruments applied in this study was Ahvaz migraine headache questionnaire (<a href="#Najarian1998">Najarian, 1998</a>), and the short version of the Depression Anxiety Stress (DASS-21) Scale (<a href="#Lovibond1995">Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995</a>). The dialectical behavior therapy program was conducted for interventional group within 12 sessions. Data was compared through covariance analysis. The results showed a significant difference between the two groups, and we observed reduction of depression, stress, anxiety and migraine&#39;s symptoms of DBT group compared with the control group. The implicit inference of this study showed the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy on decreasing the level of migraine&#39;s symptoms and this effect along with the reduction of depression, anxiety and also stress.</div> migraine, dialectical behavior therapy, depression, stress, anxiety. migraine, dialectical behavior therapy, depression, stress, anxiety. 229 257 http://ijpb.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-39-178&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Susan Alizadehfard Susan Alizadehfard 10031947532846001220 10031947532846001220 Yes Department of PsychologyPayame Noor University, Thehran, Iran Department of PsychologyPayame Noor University, Thehran, Iran