Religiously Integrated Forgiveness Therapy: A Psychotherapeutic Tool for Depression and Pain Among Pakistani Patients with Chronic Widespread Pain.

Individuals experiencing chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain (CWP) frequently have comorbid depression. The presence of depression and pain-related outcomes in these patients are found to be positively correlated with inability to forgive or let go of interpersonal hurts and maltreatments. So for these patients, the current study aimed to apply a religiously integrated forgiveness intervention and to find out its efficacy in lessening depression and pain.

Quality of life among dialysis patients: Predictive analysis of illness intrusiveness and spiritual beliefs.

Objective: To investigate the predicting effect of illness intrusiveness and spiritual belief determining dialysis patients' quality of life.

Methods: The correlational study was conducted from September 2018 to July 2019 in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan, and comprised adult patients of either gender experiencing dialysis issues for one year at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, the Pakistan Kidney Patients Association, the Islamabad Dialysis and Nephro Care Centre, the Bahria International Hospital and the Shifa Hospital Kidney Centre. Data was collected using the Illness Intrusiveness Scale, the Daily Spiritual Experience Scale, the World Health Organisation Quality of Life Scale, and a demographic sheet.

Recurrent bilateral frontal lobe lesion with maladaptive schema modes and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms: a case study.

The frontal lobe is responsible for high-order functioning, such as memory, attention, decision-making, and personality. Lesions in the frontal lobe may lead to different physical and psychological problems. The current study was conducted to examine the emotional, cognitive, and behavioural states and coping strategies of a patient with recurrent bilateral frontal lobe lesion.

Maladaptive schema modes as the predictor of post-traumatic stress disorder among trauma survivors.

Objective: To study the relationship between dysfunctional schema modes and post-traumatic stress disorder among trauma survivors.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan, from March to August 2019, and comprised patients of traumatic brain injury and orthopaedic trauma. Data was collected using Schema Mode Inventory and the Clinician Administered Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Scale version 5.

The relationship between post-traumatic stress disorder and acquired brain injury among civilian patients.

Purpose: Patients with acquired brain injury are a vulnerable group in Pakistan with limited psychosocial services available to them. The current study sought to determine the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in ABI patients with traumatic and non-traumatic injury.

Patients And Methods: A cross-sectional research design was used.