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The Impact of Well - Being Therapy on Symptoms of Depression

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  • Majid Moeenizadeh
  • Kiran Salagame

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Well Being Therapy (WBT) is a relatively modern technique of managing patients with Depression. Manystudies and researches have been conducted in this field to formally found the Positive Psychology, the goal ofwhich is to study the nature of wellbeing and the conditions, which stimulate them. The improvement shown bypatients who were managed with this technique lead to WBT based on Ryff’s multidimensional model ofpsychological well-being. This article has been written to emphasize the novel applications of PsychotherapeuticStrategy for patients suffering from depression. The objective of this therapy is to improve the level ofpsychological well-being of patients. WBT has been executed in 10 sessions according to Ryff’s phases.Methods- A sample of 40 patients was treated in 8session by WBT and CBT and assessed (BDI-II) forspecification of depression as pre and post tests. Results- Test-retest of WBT and CBT showed a moresignificant effect between pre and post treatment and WBT is more effective than CBT. Conclusions- The resultssuggested the feasibility and clinical advantages by adding WBT to the treatment of depression.

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  • Majid Moeenizadeh & Kiran Salagame, 2010. "The Impact of Well - Being Therapy on Symptoms of Depression," International Journal of Psychological Studies, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 2(2), pages 223-223, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:ijpsjl:v:2:y:2010:i:2:p:223
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