h. r. hasanabadi

The present study aimed to examine the effectiveness of schema therapy based on conjunctive Analogical Stories training in the treatment of with Dysthymic Disorder.
The pre-test, post-test, and single-test follow-up (PPF) scheme was used in this study, and, and 5 cases of dysthymic disordered PTSD veterans were treated using targeted-sampling method.
The data analysis revealed that schema therapy based on conjunctive Analogical Stories training led to significant reductions in symptoms and healing the early schemas. Moreover, there was no lessening of effectiveness with recovery rates in the follow-up study, two month after the treatment.
The large positive treatment effects found in the schema therapy based on conjunctive Analogical Stories suggest that this treatment is more successful in replacing maladaptive schemas with more healthy schemas, alleviating the severe symptoms of dysthymia, reduction of suffering a relapse and memory dificit in war related PTSD with dysthymic patients and achieving clinically significant and relevant improvement.