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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.

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Economic analysis of psychosocial group therapy in women with metastatic breast cancer

TL;DR: Psychosocial intervention, in the form of supportive-expressive group support for metastatic breast cancer, does not lower health care system resource utilization.
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Psychological intervention. The gap between research and practice.

Steven Greer
- 01 Jan 2002 - 
TL;DR: Since cancers are chronic diseases, quality of life is important to patients; hence every effort should be made to provide facilities for evidence-based psychological interventions, in particular cognitive behavioural therapy, psychoeducational therapy and supportive-expressive group therapy.
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Quality of life and mood changes in metastatic breast cancer after training in self-hypnosis or Johrei: a short report

TL;DR: The participants in this pilot study appear to have benefited by not only maintaining but also often increasing their energy levels and decreasing anxiety and other debilitating emotional states that influence quality of life, health and well-being.
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Support needs and resources of sexual minority women with breast cancer.

TL;DR: The current paper utilizes qualitative methods to better understand the support needs and resources of sexual minority women (SMW) breast cancer patients.
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Psychotherapy at the End of Life.

TL;DR: What has been learned from studies of patient desire for hastened death and the early debates around physician assisted suicide are reviewed, as well as how these studies have led to the development of manualized psychotherapies for patients with advanced disease.
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Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of reward or reinforcement on preceding behavior depend in part on whether the person perceives the reward as contingent on his own behavior or independent of it, and individuals may also differ in generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.
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On Death and Dying

TL;DR: In this article, the implications of terminal illness for patients and for those involved in their care were discussed, and patients invited to talk about their experience found great relief in expressing their fear and anger and were able to move towards a state of acceptance and peace.
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Gaps in doctor-patient communication. Patients' response to medical advice.

TL;DR: A study of 800 outpatient visits to Children's Hospital of Los Angeles as discussed by the authors explored the effect of verbal interaction between doctor and patient on patient satisfaction and follow-through on follow-up.
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