Relationships of Executive Functions, Severity of Psychiatric Symptoms With Response to Therapy

Primary outcomes

1. Outcome questionnaire

   Time frame: ONE WEEK

   This questionnaire was designed to assess response to treatment. This questionnaire has the dimension of mental distress or signs of distress, interpersonal relationships, and social role. This 45-item questionnaire is answered on a 5-point Likert scale ranging 0 to 4 (not at all to extremely).Scores range from 0 to180. higher scores mean a worse outcome.

2. Brief Symptom Inventory

   Time frame: ONE WEEK

   This inventory measures the symptoms of psycho-somatization, obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, paranoid thoughts, depression, psychosis, general anxiety, hostility and anxiety. It was answered to questions based on the 5-point Likert scale ranging from 0 to 4 (not at all to perfectly). This questionnaire is 53 items. Scores range from 0 to 212.range of score are higher scores mean a worse outcome and mental health problems.

3. Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function

   Time frame: ONE WEEK

   This questionnaire is used to measure the executive functions of adults aged 18 to 90 from their daily performance in the natural environment. It has 75 items that measure factors including response inhibition, shifting, emotional control, self-monitoring, initiation, working memory, planning, material organization, and task monitoring. It was answered to questions based on the 3-point Likert scale ranging from 0 to 2 (not at all to extremely). the scores range 0 to 150. High score is indicator of weak executive functions.