Comparison of treatment based on acceptance and commitment with drug therapy in the study of interpersonal relationships and perfectionistic thinking in the city of Yazd.

The aim of the present study was to compare acceptance and commitment-based therapy with drug therapy in improving interpersonal relationships and perfectionistic thinking of obsessive compulsive patients in Yazd. The research method was experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a two-month follow-up period. The statistical population of the present study included all obsessive patients in Yazd city, from among the statistical population, 45 obsessive patients were selected based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria of the study by counselors, psychologists, and psychiatrists and Madzely's test. An experimental group (15 people under drug treatment and 15 people under acceptance and commitment-based treatment) and a control group (15 people) were randomly assigned. Madsley's (1977) obsessive-compulsive questionnaire (1977) and Rempel and Holmes' interpersonal relationships. (1986) which was carried out in the pre-test, post-test and follow-up stages on both experimental and control groups. The collected data were analyzed using variance analysis with repeated measurements using SPSS 24 software package. The findings showed that treatment based on acceptance and commitment and drug therapy have a significant effect on improving interpersonal relationships and perfectionistic thinking of obsessive compulsive patients in Yazd city (P<0.01). Also, the findings show that there is a significant difference between treatment based on acceptance and commitment and drug therapy in improving interpersonal relationships and perfectionistic thinking of obsessive compulsive patients in Yazd city (P<0.01), which means that treatment based on acceptance and commitment is more effective. compared to drug therapy in improving interpersonal relationships and perfectionistic thinking. Therefore, it is suggested that the treatment based on acceptance and commitment be used by clinicians as an effective treatment in the treatment of obsessions and improving interpersonal relationships and perfectionistic thinking of people with obsessions