Effectiveness of Logotherapy together with Quran Recitation and Prayers on Treatment of Depression and T helper Cell (CD4+)
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Keywords: Logotherapy together with Quran recitation and prayers depression helper cell(CD4+),
Abstract :
This research intends to investigate the effectiveness of Logotherapy together with recitation of Quran and prayers on treatment of depression and enhancing T helper Cell (CD4+) in depressed patients. The research proposal type was Quasi-experimental design with pre and post examination, follow-up period and control group. The research community included 50 women with neurotic depression who referred to private clinics and counseling and psychotherapy centers. The patients were homogeneous in terms of age, economic-social status, having standard deviation above the average in BDI depression questionnaire, not suffering from illnesses that undermines the immune system, and other specified variables. 30 of the patients were selected at random and were divided randomly into experimental and control groups. The means used in this study included a BDI, assessment of immune cell in lab via the flow cytometric method. The experimental group received psychotherapy in 12 sessions through Logotherapy together with recitation of Quran and prayers but the control group did not receive the treatment. Then the levels of depression signs and the activities of the immune cells in the two groups before and after treatment and during the three-month follow-up period were analyzed. The findings showed a meaningful difference between the experimental group and the control group in terms of depression signs and T helper Cell (CD4+). After the experiment depression signs decreased meaningfully in the experimental group compared to the levels before the experiment and compared to the control group while the number of immune cells increased. These findings continued meaningfully during the follow-up period