The effectiveness of integrated monotheistic treatment on the components of existential anxiety, patience and hope in depressed women

Since depression is one of the most common mental disorders in women and the components of patience and hope play an important role in relieving this disorder, the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of integrated monotheistic treatment on improving the three components of patience, hope and existential anxiety in depressed women. The research design is quasi-experimental with pre-test-post-test and control group. The sample group consists of 40 women referred to the counseling center of Bandar Abbas Azad University who were diagnosed with depression based on Beck Depression Inventory. Then these people were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Beck Depression, Hope, Patience and Existential Anxiety Scales were used to collect the required data. The members of the experimental group underwent monotheistic integrated treatment during 12 sessions of individual counseling.Covariance analysis was performed for statistical analysis of pre-test and post-test data. The results showed that analysis of covariance showed that after the intervention, in the variables of patience (F = 37.37 and p = 0.0001), hope (F = 22.91 and p = 0.0001) and existential anxiety (= 27.37) F and p = 0.0001), a significant difference was obtained between the experimental and control groups. Therefore, according to the above results, it can be claimed that integrated monotheistic treatment has been effective in improving the components of patience, hope and existential anxiety in depressed women.Keywords: Women's depression, integrated monotheistic treatment, hope, patience, existential anxiety.