Abstract

GONZALEZ CARO, César H; VALENCIA UPEGUI, Henry  and  BERSH TOROS, Sonia. Psychotherapeutic Interventions for Medical-Surgical Patients. rev.colomb.psiquiatr. [online]. 2006, vol.35, suppl.1, pp.72-91. ISSN 0034-7450.

More psychiatrists are in contact with medical and surgical patients with the recent development of Psychosomatic Medicine. Patients’ emotional and behavioral reactions to medical illness are diverse. So are the different psychotherapeutic interventions used effectively on this patient population; however many have not been standardized. This article summarizes relevant findings in textbooks and peer-reviewed journal articles concerning basic concepts on the emotional reactions to physical illness, different types of adjustment mechanisms, and provides a brief description of the types of psychotherapy more frequently used by health professionals for the treatment of medical patients.

Keywords : Psychosomatic medicine; psychotherapy.

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