Types Of Psychosocial Interventions Research Articles

“It Doesn't End on the Last Day of Treatment”

Living through early stage breast cancer is not simply about overcoming a short-term crisis. The lived experience of women at the completion of adjuvant treatment calls for a reconsideration of the timing and type of psychosocial interventions provided. A Post Adjuvant Treatment Support Program (PATS) was developed and piloted over a nine-month period with pleasing results. The program aims to mark the end of treatment and promotes active coping through sharing common experiences, normalizing responses to completion of treatment, encouraging consideration of the meaning of the experience, and facilitating the use of stress management and cognitively based coping skills. Innovative methods to encourage focused group discussion are being developed. The intervention addresses the specific and previously unmet needs of women at the end-of-treatment phase of early stage breast cancer.

Psychosocial treatments for cocaine dependence

Psychosocial treatment remains the predominant modality of treatment for patients with cocaine dependence. This paper reviews several recent studies comparing different types of psychosocial treatments for this population. A number of forms of psychosocial treatment for cocaine dependence have shown promising results, as detailed in the study descriptions.

Review: social skills training, supported employment programmes, and cognitive behaviour therapy improve some outcomes in schizophrenia

(2001) Am J Psychiatry 158, 163. Bustillo JR, Lauriello J, Horan WP, et al. . The psychosocial treatment of schizophrenia: an update. . Feb; . : . –75 . [OpenUrl][1][CrossRef][2][PubMed][3][Web...

The relationship between comorbid personality disorders and treatment received in patients with anxiety disorders.

Few studies have addressed the relationship between the presence of a comorbid personality disorder and the amount of psychiatric treatment received by patients with an Axis I disorder. This issue has not been studied in patients with anxiety disorders. In a prospective, naturalistic, longitudinal study of anxiety disorders, 526 subjects were assessed with the Personality Disorder Examination, and types of treatment received in 1991 and 1996 were identified. In 1991, compared to subjects without a personality disorder, subjects with a personality disorder were as likely to receive medication and they received a greater number of medications. Subjects with borderline personality disorder were more likely to receive heterocyclic antidepressants and interventions characteristic of psychodynamic psychotherapy and cognitive therapy; they also reported receiving a greater number of medications and types of psychosocial treatment than other subjects. In 1996, subjects with borderline personality disorder were more likely to receive psychodynamic interventions. These findings suggest that in patients with an anxiety disorder, the presence of a comorbid personality disorder is associated with receiving a greater number of medications but not with a greater likelihood of receiving pharmacologic or psychosocial treatment. However, the presence of borderline personality disorder is associated with a greater likelihood of receiving, and receiving a greater number of, certain types of somatic and psychosocial treatments.

Intervenciones psicológicas eficaces en pacientes con cáncer de mama en Latinoamérica y España: una revisión sistemática

Objetivo: Este estudio es una revisión sistemática que buscó identificar la evidencia disponible en la literatura científica de Latinoamérica y España sobre las intervenciones psicológicas eficaces en mujeres con cáncer de mama, entre el 2006 y 2016. Método: Las bases de datos empleadas fueron BVS y PsycNet-APA, utilizando los descriptores: cáncer de mama, intervenciones psicológicas, psicooncología, y psicoterapia, tanto en inglés como en español. También se realizó la búsqueda en Google Académico, con la combinación “Cáncer de mama and intervenciones psicológicas”. Resultados: Se encontraron 17 artículos en los que el modelo teórico más implementado fue el modelo cognitivo conductual, seguido por el modelo de intervenciones grupales y psicosociales. Sin embargo, también se encontraron otros modelos menos comunes para esta población. Así mismo se identificaron limitaciones en términos de metodología en estas investigaciones, lo que dificulta la generalización de sus resultados. Conclusiones: Se considera que es necesario la realización de investigaciones con diseños robustos en Latinoamérica y España sobre intervenciones psicooncológicas eficaces en pacientes con cáncer de mama.