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Group support for patients with metastatic cancer. A randomized outcome study.
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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.Abstract:
• The effects of weekly supportive group meetings for women with metastatic carcinoma of the breast were systematically evaluated in a one-year, randomized, prospective outcome study. The groups focused on the problems of terminal illness, including improving relationships with family, friends, and physicians and living as fully as possible in the face of death. We hypothesized that this intervention would lead to improved mood, coping strategies, and self-esteem among those in the treatment group. Eighty-six patients were tested at four-month intervals. The treatment group had significantly lower mooddisturbance scores on the Profile of Mood States scale, had fewer maladaptive coping responses, and were less phobic than the control group. This study provides objective evidence that a supportive group intervention for patients with metastatic cancer results in psychological benefit. Mechanisms underlying the effectiveness of this group intervention are explored.read more
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Denial in Cancer Patients
TL;DR: The role and functions of denial in cancer is dealt with, reviewing empirical studies about the effects of denial on cancer prevention, screening, undergoing tests for early detection, delay in seeking medical attention and getting treatment, complying with medical instructions, and coping with the disease in different stages.
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Imagery and hypnosis in the treatment of cancer patients.
David Spiegel,Rhonda J. Moore +1 more
TL;DR: Research into the interaction between body and mind in coping with cancer is warranted, as numerous other studies suggest that suppression of negative affect, excessive conformity, severe stress, and lack of social support predict a poorer medical outcome from cancer.
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Group therapy in the cancer setting.
Fawzy I. Fawzy,Nancy W. Fawzy +1 more
TL;DR: Those group therapy studies that have been designed specifically for cancer populations, addressing the type of patient population, research design, treatments, and outcomes are described.
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Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Qualitative Analysis of Physical, Psychological, and Social Sequelae
Catherine E. Mosher,C. Johnson,Maura N. Dickler,Larry Norton,Mary Jane Massie,Katherine N. DuHamel +5 more
TL;DR: A range of quality‐of‐life concerns following a metastatic breast cancer diagnosis are examined and suggestions that addressing social constraints on cancer‐related disclosure and the search for meaning may improve patients' psychological adjustment are suggested.
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Psychotherapy for depression among advanced, incurable cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
TL;DR: Low quality evidence suggests that psychotherapy is moderately more effective for the amelioration of symptoms of depression among advanced, incurable cancer patients than the control conditions and insufficient high-quality evidence supporting the effectiveness of psychotherapy for patients with clinically diagnosed depression.
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