فعالية برنامج معرفي سلوكي في التخفيف من حدة الإكتئاب لدى المرضى المصابين بالسيدا

Abstract EN

The present study aimed to find out the level of psychological depression in patients with AIDS at El-kattar Hospital, where two cases were chosen, and a cognitive behavioral program has been used through which we will know the extent of its effectiveness in alleviating their mental depression and the efficacity of this program for such patients.

The study aimed to answer the following question: Is applying CBT effective in relieving depression of patients with AIDS? As a research method ;the one-case quasi-experimental approach was used, and the research group consisted of two cases of patients with AIDS, and the diagnosis of cases was based on the Beck depression inventory, functional analysis, and a case study scale to collect information on cases.

The treatment of cases is based on a cognitive-behavioral program that contains cognitive and behavioral techniques.

The study revealed the The proposed cognitive-behavioral program is effective in alleviating the severity of depression of patients with AIDS, furthermore the program has contributed to improving their psychological state and has reduced the level of depression in both cases.