Studying the therapy mediations and the effect of therapy commitment in the reduction of the symptoms of general anxiety disorder

Despite of valid findings about the effectiveness of new treatments of generalized anxiety disorder, there is still more unanswered questions about understanding the mediators of these treatments. This study was conducted with the purpose of investigation in therapy mediations and the effect of therapy commitment in the reduction of the symptoms of general anxiety disorder and present solutions for improvement of its treatments. A mixture of qualitative (case study) and quantitative methods (Single case experimental design of AB type) were used. The population was consisted of clients (25 to 60) visited the counseling and health centers in Sanandj on June and July of 2010. The statistical sample was five participants with a different age, gender, duration of disorder and having depression. The SCID-I (a semi structured diagnostic interview), Acceptance (AAQ-REV-19 scale), Valued-life (VLQ) and GADQ-IV questionnaires were used.The findings show that this kind of treatment is effective and the variants of " Acceptance", "Value of life" work as the mediations. As a matter of evidence, some models of the change of mediation in treatment based on on the variation of research are inscribed.