Abstraction\nThe Core Objective of the research is the comparison of the effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) with psychopharmacological intervention on the patients with anxiety disorders (Generalized anxiety disorders and social phobia (social anxiety disorder) and obsessive compulsive disorder).The research was performed on 300 Iranian women with average age of 18to 45. 150 of the patient received CBT and 150 received psychopharmacological intervention. The selection method was randomized. The course of treatment for CBT group was 16 to 18 sessions which held per week and the other group’s treatment course was 6 months to one year. Both groups were tested by two psychological valuable tests SCL90R and Johns irrational believe test (IBT) at the beginning after a psychological diagnosis interview according to DSM4R.All of them after the treatment have responded to the satisfaction of treatment inventory. The inventory was made by the researcher, it has 10 question which each question of it has 5 options and scored by Likert method. The final analysis showed that the patients who received CBT had more satisfaction than the other group which received psychopharmacological treatment method.\nKey words: Cognitive behavior therapy, Psychopharmacology, Anxiety disorders.

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