European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Introduction: In psychosomatic disorder focusing on dominant pain, a person suffers from physical symptoms and has constant worries, which usually lead to depression symptoms. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of the two components of distress tolerance and emotional discipline on reducing depression in these patients.
Materials and methods: The current research design was semi-experimental (pre-test-post-test-follow-up) with a control group. The research population was also selected patients suffering from depressed psychosomatic disorders and divided into two experimental and control groups. These patients were examined using the diagnostic interview and the second edition of the Beck Depression and Anxiety Questionnaire in the pre-test, post-test and two-week follow-up stages. Then the experimental group received dialectical behavior therapy in 12 sessions (40 minutes). Multivariate analysis of variance with repeated measurements was used to investigate the effectiveness of distress tolerance and emotional regulation training on people with psychosomatic disorders (experimental group) and compare it with the control group.
Findings: This research was conducted in two groups of 20 people in the age range between 37 and 48 years. The results showed that after the time required until the follow-up phase, depression was significantly reduced in the treated group (P<0.01). Also, anxiety was significantly reduced in the treated group (P<0.01).
Conclusion: Considering the nature of the disease and suggestibility of people, psychosomatic disorders are compatible with other disorders such as depression and anxiety. It seems that dialectical behavior therapy reduces the symptoms of depression and anxiety by affecting the components of distress tolerance and emotional regulation

Background: Decreased levels of emotion regulation have been linked to an increased risk of hazardous behaviours in young people and minors, including substance use, gambling disorders, gaming disorders, and disorders related to the Internet. However, adolescent behaviours vary depending on gender. For instance, teenage boys are more prone than teenage girls to use drugs. Although other research have found a similar pattern of behaviour across the sexes, epidemiological studies have shown that men consume more illegal drugs while women take more legally prescribed ones
Aim: This study's primary objective was to examine how attachment and emotion control relate to both substance abuse and other types of addiction in clients admitted in a rehabilitation centre for substance and behavioural addictions.
Methods and materials: Using convenience sampling, 270 individuals were chosen from a facility for treating behavioural and drug addictions. This study made use of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale The 28 items on the DERS use 5-point Likert scales, ranging from "nearly never/0%-10% of the time" to "almost always/90%-100% of the time," to measure the barriers to good emotion regulation. In terms of item distribution, the scale's original authors discovered six latent components