Psychotherapy can help lupus patient cope

March 10th, 2010

Psychotherapy_help_lupus_patient_copeA new study finds that psychotherapy can helps cut the incidence of psychological woes in patients with lupus who have high levels of daily stress. According to a new Spanish study, the treatment also helps patients to improve and maintain their quality of life.

By the end of the study, the patients in the therapy group had significantly reduced levels of depression, anxiety and daily stress, compared to those in the control group. The research included 45 patients randomly assigned to a control group or to a therapy group. Each patient received 10 weekly sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

However, the patients in the therapy group didn’t show any significant reduction in lupus disease activity, said the Spanish researchers.

The study was led by N. Navarrete-Navarrete of the University Hospital Virgen de Las Nieves, and was recently published in the journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.

Source: NIAMS


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10 Responses to “Psychotherapy can help lupus patient cope”

  1. Margaret Says:

    When health is concerned I think it is necessary, always find new ways of healing. Future is bright for that matter, I think we can expect an extraordinary discovery !

  2. frank Says:

    a good feeling must benefit the health of my wife.

    However, if you really in actual life, it is very difficult to make each other to be happy always.

    due to this lupus,i has been in pain in my heart even though other people think me as great people to marry a lupus gril.

    For example, making a child is very important thing in common life.

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