Urdu Adaptation and Validation of Social Interaction Anxiety Scale: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis.

The Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS) is a globally used scale for clinical diagnostic purposes for social anxiety disorder (SAD). This article investigates the psychometric properties of the SIAS, followed by its adaptation and validation in Urdu. The study consisted of two phases.

Adaptation and validation of the west haven-yale multidimensional pain inventory for Pakistani population.

Objective: To evaluate the adapted version of West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory for patients with chronic pain.

Methods: The multiphase study was conducted from January to December 2021. The factorial structure of the Urdu version of West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory was evaluated on a sample of adult patients aged 18- 45 years with non-specific chronic pain, taken from public and private hospitals and clinics of Lahore, Pakistan.

Relationship beliefs, attachment styles and depression among infertile women.

The stigma of infertility in Pakistan has been conceded as a stressful clinical condition, significantly affecting women's over all wellbeing and spousal relationships. The present study aimed to investigate the connection between relationship beliefs, attachment styles and depression among infertile women. Ex post facto research design was employed.

Randomized control trial of a culturally adapted behavioral activation therapy for Muslim patients with depression in Pakistan.

Background: Behavioral activation therapy (BA) is as effective as cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) in treating depression and can be delivered by practitioners with much less psychological training, making it particularly suitable for low resource settings. BA that is culturally adapted for Muslims (BA-M) is a culturally adapted form of BA that has been found acceptable and feasible for Muslims with depression in the United Kingdom and Turkey; however, this is the first time that its efficacy has been determined through a definitive randomized controlled trial.

Aim: To compare the effectiveness of BA-M with CBT for Muslim patients with depression in Pakistan.

Integrated Moving on After Breast Cancer and Culturally Adapted Cognitive Behavior Therapy intervention for depression and anxiety among Pakistani women with breast cancer: Protocol of a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: The diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer is associated with significant distress that has huge impact on survivors' quality of life. The objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of an integrated intervention "Moving on After Breast Cancer (ABC) Plus culturally adapted Cognitive Behavior Therapy" (Moving on ABC Plus).

Method: This is a randomized controlled trial that aims to recruit 354 breast cancer survivors from the inpatient and outpatient oncology departments in public and private hospitals in Karachi, Hyderabad, Lahore, Multan, and Rawalpindi in Pakistan.

The Link between Chronic Pain and Depression in Low Income Country, Pakistan.

Objective: To examine the relationship of subjective and physiological variables of pain in relation to depression among patients with chronic pain.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted at the Centre for Clinical Psychology in Lahore, Pakistan, from January to June 2016, and comprised patients with organic, identifiable chronic pain presenting at various government, semi-government and private hospitals. Data was collected using a personal history questionnaire, West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory and the depression subscale of the Symptom Checklist Revised.

Weight stigma and disordered eating behaviors in Pakistani overweight adolescents: the mediating role of body esteem.

Purpose: Weight stigma has been described as social devaluation of people on the basis of their weight and it is associated with negative consequences. The present study was designed to investigate weight stigma and its relationship with disordered eating behaviors in overweight adolescents. One of the main objectives of this study is to investigate the mediating role of body esteem between weight stigma and disordered eating behaviors in overweight adolescent girls.

Social support, self-efficacy, cognitive coping and psychological distress in infertile women.

Purpose: The aims of this research were to investigate the relationship of social support, self-efficacy and cognitive coping with psychological distress, as well as, to determine the mediating role of self-efficacy and cognitive coping between social support and psychological distress in infertile women of Pakistan.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted to recruit 158 infertile women from six hospitals of Lahore, Pakistan. A demographic questionnaire, multidimensional scale of perceived social support, infertility self-efficacy scale, coping strategies questionnaire and depression anxiety stress scale were used to assess the study variables.

Caregiver Burden, Quality of Life and Vulnerability Towards Psychopathology in Caregivers of Patients with Dementia/Alzheimer's Disease.

Objective: To identify caregivers' burden, evaluate quality of life in them; and predict anxiety and depression in caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Neurology and Psychiatry Department of Lahore General Hospital (LGH), from January to December, 2013.

Preliminary evaluation of culturally adapted CBT for psychosis (CA-CBTp): findings from developing culturally-sensitive CBT project (DCCP).

Background: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp) has a strong evidence base and is practised widely in the Western World. Psycho-social interventions, on the other hand, including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) are hardly used in the low and middle income countries for psychosis. It has been suggested that adaptations in content, format and delivery are needed before CBT can be used outside the Western cultures.

Religiosity and Subjective Well-Being amongst Institutionalized Elderly in Pakistan.

Background: In Pakistan, the issue of institutionalized elderly is a neglected area and little is known about their subjective conditions. The present study was conducted in 2012 which examined the relationship between religiosity and subjective well being amongst institutionalized elderly people.

Methods: Data was collected from 100 adults above the age of 60 years in Lahore,Pakistan, through purposive sampling strategy.