Effects of supportive-expressive group therapy in breast cancer patients with affective disorders: a pilot study

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
Luigi GrassiBruno Biancosino

Abstract

So far, no study has tested supportive-expressive group therapy (SEGT) in cancer patients with an established psychiatric diagnosis. The aim of this 6-month follow-up study was to evaluate breast cancer patients with an ICD-10 diagnosis of affective syndromes participating in SEGT and a group of breast cancer patients with no ICD-10 diagnosis. A total of 214 patients were examined in the screening phase (T0) using the ICD-10, the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), the Mini-Mental Adjustment-to-Cancer Scale (Mini-MAC), the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, the Openness Scale and the Cancer Worries Inventory (CWI). Those with an ICD-10 diagnosis of affective syndromes received 16-24 sessions of SEGT (90-min sessions, once a week), while those with no ICD-10 diagnosis were followed up. A second assessment for both sam- ples took place 6 months later (T1). Seventy-eight (36.4%) patients were positive for an ICD-10 diagnosis of affective syndromes at T0, while 127 (59.4%) did not meet any ICD-10 diagnosis. Among the former, 54 patients participated in the SEGT. At T1, significant differences were observed in all the dimensions of the BSI, hopelessness and anxious preoccupation subscales of the Mini-MAC, the Openness Sc...Continue Reading

Citations

Jul 13, 2013·Journal of Psychosocial Oncology·Erin E KentRachel Ballard-Barbash
Oct 28, 2016·Supportive Care in Cancer : Official Journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer·Rainbow T H HoCecilia L W Chan
Aug 7, 2013·Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology·Linda E CarlsonMichael Speca

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