INTRODUCTION Psychotherapy is defined differently by various authors. However, the most complete definition of psychotherapy as given by Wolberg defines it as “a treatment, by psychological means, of problems of an emotional nature in which a trained person deliberately establishes a professional relationship with the patient with the objective of removing, modifying or retarding existing sympt...

This paper highlights the typical clinical features of aggressive periodontitis (formerly known as juvenile periodontitis in the South Western region of Nigeria), the attending psychological effect following tooth loss, and the rehabilitative management offered which included periodontal therapy, psychotherapy, and prosthetic replacement of the missing teeth. The psychotherapy is the main disti...

Psychological well-being is vitally important for the quality of life elderly and only increasing in importance with rapidly population worldwide. Emerging problems include a deterioration physical function, loss friends or spouse, reduced social participation, economic ability. Hence, coping managing stress also increasing. This study proposed psychotherapy narration was designed to assist men...

A questionnaire surveying patients' experiences of and attitudes toward physical contact in psychotherapy was used to test and extend Gelb's (1982) identification of four factors associated with patients' positive and negative evaluations of touch in psychotherapy: (1) clarity regarding boundaries of therapy; (2) congruence of touch; (3) patient's perception of being in control of the physical ...

AIM The study of group psychotherapy influence on the personality functioning of patients on treatment for neurotic disorders and selected personality disorders (F4-F6 under ICD-10). METHODS The study concerned 82 patients (61 women and 21 men) who underwent intensive short-term group psychotherapy in a day ward. A comprehensive assessment of the patients' personality functioning was carried ...

The present study investigated the relationships between stigma and attitudes towards psychotherapy, discomfort experienced in interacting with people disabilities stigma, emotion-focused coping avoidant coping. In addition, we examined differences who know terms of have been to psychotherapy those not toward psychotherapy. research was conducted on a sample 171 aged 18 63 (M = 26.00; SD 8.07)....

BACKGROUND The effects of antidepressants for treating depressive disorders have been overestimated because of selective publication of positive trials. Reanalyses that include unpublished trials have yielded reduced effect sizes. This in turn has led to claims that antidepressants have clinically insignificant advantages over placebo and that psychotherapy is therefore a better alternative. To...