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Introduction: Intensive and short-term dynamic psychotherapy (ISTDP) is one of the effective treatments for personality disorders. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of ISTDP on reducing the symptoms and defensive mechanisms of obsessive-compulsive and avoidant personality disorders. Method: The present study is a quasi-experimental research with a single experimental design (A-B-A). From the statistical population of people with obsessive-compulsive and avoidant personality disorders in Tehran, 6 people who received the diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive and avoidant personality disorders were selected by purposive sampling. The instruments used in this study were: Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI-III), Defensive Mechanisms Questionnaire-40 and Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Disorders (SCID). In addition, ISTDP protocol was applied to the research sample according to the Davanlo (1995, 2000) approach for 15 sessions once a week and each session for one hour. Subjects were assessed after baseline assessment, once every 3 sessions, and after the treatment sessions, 3 follow-up assessments were performed at one-month intervals. Data were analyzed using eye charts and Friedman test and version 24 of SPSS software. Results: The results showed that ISTDP reduces the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive and avoidant personality disorders (p <0.05). Also, this treatment was significant in reducing mature, immature and neurotic defensive mechanisms in individuals with obsessive-compulsive and avoidant personality disorders (p <0.05). Conclusion: According to the findings, it can be concluded that ISTDP has a significant effect on reducing the symptoms and defensive mechanisms of obsessive-compulsive and avoidant personality disorders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aim and Background: The women with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder face some damages in different relationships during their life knowing them can help the consultants to cure them. The purpose of the present study was to investigate and identify the interspousal damages in women's marital relationships. Methods and Materials: This was a study based on the qualitative methodology approach. Data collection was done through 14 semi-structured interviews with family specialists, clinical psychologists and psychiatrists. The data analysis was conducted via thematic analysis. The sampling was stated purposefully and it was continued up to the data saturation; data analysis was done simultaneous with the data collection. Findings: The data analysis led to extracting five themes which showed the background of women's interspousal damages. The themes (subjects) included developmental, intrapersonal, interspousal, familial and social damages which were effective on the interspousal relationship among these women. Conclusions: The achieved results revealed that familial and environmental damages caused the growth of obsessive-compulsive personality features in these women; these damages affected their relationships in life such as parent-child as well as social relationships, which could affect interspousal relationships. Therefore, in order to decrease the effect of these damages, consultation and psychology interventions are needed in women with obsessive-compulsive personality symptoms.

Background and Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of acceptance-based couple therapy on relationship distress and forgiveness of spouses with obsessivecompulsive personality symptoms. Subjects and Methods: The statistical population of the study were couples with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder referring to the counseling section of the Office of Social and Cultural Assistance, Municipality of Tehran, Iran, who had spent at least one year of their marriage until 1395. Twenty couples who were willing to participate in the study were selected by convenience sampling and were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. The research tools included forgiveness questionnaire, Marital and Relationship Disorder Scale, and the Maudsley Obsessive- Compulsive Questionnaire, which were completed by the subjects in pre-test and post-test manner. The experimental group received 12 sessions of integrated acceptance-based couples training program. Finally, the collected data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The results of the analysis showed that the integrative couple therapy based on the acceptance of distress and forgiveness of couples with spouse with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder was effective. (P<0.001). Conclusion: Couple therapy can be used to improve couple relationships in family courts and the Welfare Organization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]