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Group counseling for cancer patients in a community hospital
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Close-ended groups that do not include family members and are homogeneous for stage of disease are most useful in counseling for cancer patients and their families.About:
This article is published in Psychosomatics.The article was published on 1978-09-01. It has received 46 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Community hospital & Group work.read more
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Effect of psychosocial treatment on survival of patients with metastatic breast cancer
David Spiegel,David Spiegel,HelenaC. Kraemer,HelenaC. Kraemer,JoanR. Bloom,JoanR. Bloom,Ellen Gottheil,Ellen Gottheil +7 more
TL;DR: The effect of psychosocial intervention on time of survival of 86 patients with metastatic breast cancer was studied prospectively and survival plots indicated that divergence in survival began at 20 months after entry, or 8 months after intervention ended.
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Malignant Melanoma: Effects of an Early Structured Psychiatric Intervention, Coping, and Affective State on Recurrence and Survival 6 Years Later
Fawzy I. Fawzy,Nancy W. Fawzy,Christine S. Hyun,Robert Elashoff,Donald Guthrie,John L. Fahey,Donald L. Morton +6 more
TL;DR: Psychiatric interventions that enhance effective coping and reduce affective distress appear to have beneficial effects on survival but are not proposed as an alternative or independent treatment for cancer or any other illness or disease.
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Group support for patients with metastatic cancer. A randomized outcome study.
TL;DR: Objective evidence is provided that a supportive group intervention for patients with metastatic cancer results in psychological benefit and mechanisms underlying the effectiveness of this group intervention are explored.
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Critical review of psychosocial interventions in cancer care.
TL;DR: This comprehensive review of the intervention literature reveals the availability of a wide range of options for patients with cancer and their potential psychological and physical health benefits.
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Cancer and depression.
TL;DR: Effective treatment of depression in cancer patients results in better patient adjustment, reduced symptoms, reduced cost of care, and may influence disease course.
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The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy
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Systematic preparation of patients for psychotherapy. i. effects on therapy behavior and outcome.
Rudolf Hoehn-Saric,Jerome D. Frank,Stanley D. Imber,Earl H. Nash,Anthony R. Stone,Carolyn C. Battle +5 more
TL;DR: A controlled study of the effects on psychiatric outpatients of a pre-treatment interview designed to clarify their expectations of psychotherapy and to increase the congruence of their behavior with therapists’ expectations as to how psychiatric patients should act.
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Preparation of Patients for Group Therapy A Controlled Study
TL;DR: Patients who in the first 12 meetings achieve high group popularity, or who show high satisfaction with the group, are more apt to show clinical improvement at the end of 50 meetings, suggesting the rationale of therapeutic intervention early in the life of the group.
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Reactions of cancer patients on being told their diagnosis.
Jean Aitken-Swan,E. C. Easson +1 more
TL;DR: This test probably has some value in differentiating the two types of crisis, but it may be difficult to evaluate the result owing to the very short action of the drug.
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The patient with cancer--his changing pattern of communication.
TL;DR: The patient himself who offers clues to how much, how little or how often he wishes to discuss his diagnosis and prognosis as mentioned in this paper, and the mode of communication between the physician and the patient with cancer has different thresholds of needs, defenses and fantasies at different stages.
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