evaluation of the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment -therapy of psychosocial needs of veterans

Aims mental disorders are a common problem in combatants, veterans, and their families.this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy and treatmentbased on acceptance and commitment to veterans’ psychosocial needs.materials & methods this quasi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttestdesign with a control group in all psychiatric veterans in tehran in 2018. thirty psychiatricveterans were purposefully selected and were randomly assigned to two experimentalgroups (10 people each) and a control group (10 people). data were collected using the basicpsychological needs, post traumatic stress, acceptance, and operation questionnaires.cognitive-behavioral therapy sessions and acceptance and commitment-based therapywere held in 10 sessions, twice a week, for 90 minutes in each session for the experimentalgroups. data were analyzed using spss 24 software and multivariate analysis of covarianceand independent t-test.findings cognitive-behavioral therapy could significantly affect veterans’ basic psychologicalneeds and their components and increase the capacity of basic needs in veterans undergoingcognitive-behavioral therapy compared to the control group. also, acceptance andcommitment therapy could have a significant effect on the basic psychological needs andthe component of autonomy and competence of veterans (p<0.05), but this effect was notsignificant on the component of communication with others (p>0.05).conclusion cognitive-behavioral therapy and therapy based on acceptance and commitmentaffect the veterans’ basic psychological needs.