Group psychotherapy for medical patients

Increasingly, the psychosocial needs of medical patients are being recognized and addressed by physicians. The biopsychosocial model of health and illness has been integrated into medical students' training; medical journals are publishing results of studies demonstrating mind/body links; and r...

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Published inPsychology, health & medicine Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 87 - 96
Main Authors Dobkin, P. L., Da Costa, D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Taylor & Francis Group 01.02.2000
Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Clinical outcomes
Group psychotherapy
Medical conditions
Medical sciences
Patients
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotherapies. Psychological and clinical counseling
Treatments
Canada
North America
America
Social environment
Disease
Methodology
Mental health
Cardiovascular disease
Arthritis
Review
Group psychotherapy
Coping
Public health
Human
Immunopathology
Evaluation
Treatment efficiency
AIDS
Malignant tumor
Immune deficiency
Coronary heart disease
Stress
Infection
Chronic
Treatment
Viral disease
Health economy
Cost analysis
Somatic disease
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Summary:Increasingly, the psychosocial needs of medical patients are being recognized and addressed by physicians. The biopsychosocial model of health and illness has been integrated into medical students' training; medical journals are publishing results of studies demonstrating mind/body links; and randomized clinical trials are being conducted using adjunct psychosocial interventions aimed at improving medical patients' outcomes. The purpose of this review paper is to increase the visibility of a promising treatment approach which has been developed for patients living with chronic diseases. First, group psychotherapy for medical patients is described. Second, selected clinical trials involving group psychotherapy are presented. Cancer, AIDS, coronary heart disease and arthritis are used as examples. Finally, the methodological challenges of evaluating this type of intervention are summarized. Implications of integrating group psychotherapy into standard medical care for patients' mental and physical health, physician-based care, and costs to the medical system are discussed.
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ISSN:1354-8506
1465-3966
DOI:10.1080/135485000106034