A group cognitive behaviour therapy programme with metastatic breast cancer patients

Edelman, Sarah; Bell, David R.; Kidman, Antony D.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1099-1611(199907/08)8:4<295::aid-pon386>3.0.co;2-y

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“…In a trial of a complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) therapy-oriented intervention versus a standard therapy control group, potential participants were drawn to the study because of an interest in CAM and were not interested in participating in the standard therapy 16. In an investigation that compared the effectiveness of a cognitive-behavior therapy intervention to a no-therapy control condition in metastatic breast cancer patients 17, some participants, understandably, registered disappointment at having been randomized to the control group. Other authors have noted similar reactions 15, some despite diligent pilot work to develop a preparation and debriefing protocol for the randomization procedure 18.…”

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“…Furthermore, it may be viewed as unethical in some situations to try to prevent this type of help-seeking. Some investigators noted that their institutional ethics committee required that participants assigned to control conditions be specifically made aware of other resources that they could access outside the study 17.…”

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Lessons to Be Learned From 25 Years of Research Investigating Psychosocial Interventions for Cancer Patients

Moyer¹,

Knapp-Oliver²,

Sohl³

et al. 2009

The Cancer Journal

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Conducting rigorous psychosocial intervention research with cancer patients has many challenges including encouraging them to join studies, asking them to engage in interventions or be part of control conditions, and to provide data over follow-up assessments. Here, we highlight valuable insights regarding such challenges provided by investigators studying psychosocial interventions for cancer patients. Handling these skillfully has important implications for the internal and external validity of this research and the ethical treatment of participants. Challenges noted in research reports included in a systematic review of 25 years of research (comprising 488 unique projects) investigating interventions designed to enhance cancer patients' quality of life were compiled. Among the difficulties mentioned was the fact that patients may not feel the need for psychosocial interventions and thus may not be interested in joining an intervention study. Patients who do feel the need for such interventions may be deterred from joining trials by the prospect of being randomized to a non-preferred group; if they do join a trial, participants may be disappointed, drop out, or seek compensatory additional assistance if they are assigned to a control group. Apart from randomization, other aspects of research may be off-putting to participants or potential participants, such as the language of consent forms or the intrusiveness of questions being asked. Potential remedies, such as research awareness interventions, monetary incentives, partnering with cancer support organizations, and using designs that take preferences into account merit consideration and further research inquiry.

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Lessons to Be Learned From 25 Years of Research Investigating Psychosocial Interventions for Cancer Patients

Moyer¹,

Knapp-Oliver²,

Sohl³

et al. 2009

The Cancer Journal

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“…In a metaanalysis of 37 research projects, Rehse and Pukrop found an overall medium effect on the improvement of quality of life among the cancer patients due to intervention (Rehse & Pukrop, 2003). Chan et al 17 Specifically, psychosocial interventions were found to result in decreased depression (Fawzy, Cousins, Fawzy, Kemeny, Elashoff, & Morton, 1990;Hosaka, Tokuda, Sugiyama, Hirai, & Okuyama, 2000), reduced psychological distress and anxiety (Greer et al, 1992;Taylor, Lamdan, Siegel, Shelby, Moran-Klimi, & Hrywna, 2003), lowered helplessness and improved mood (Edelman, Bell, & Kidman, 1999;Edelman, Craig, & Kidman, 2000;Fawzy et al, 1990;Hosaka et al, 2000), enhanced self-esteem (Edelman et al, 1999), changed life-style (Feigin et al, 2000), improved coping skills (Fawzy et al, 1990;Fawzy, Fawzy, & Canada, 2001;Roberts, Black, & Todd, 2002), enhanced perceived control (Sandgren & McCaul, 2003), and improved relationships with significant others and doctors (Feigin et al, 2000;Roberts et al, 2002).…”

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Turning Curses into Blessings

Chan¹,

Ho²,

Fu³

et al. 2006

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

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Cancer patients experience enormous psychological stress in addition to their physical suffering. Neither disease- nor symptomspecific approaches in the conventional Western medical model or single- modal psychological intervention focusing on stress and anxiety are sufficient to relieve patients of their pain and trauma resulting from cancer. Through years of working with Chinese cancer patients and witnessing their growth and resilience, we were motivated to develop an Eastern Body-Mind-Spirit (BMS) Group Intervention model which has a strong emphasis on turning crisis into opportunities, and growth through pain. This model blends different intervention approaches, techniques, and outcome measures both from the East and the West. This paper describes our intervention approaches and discusses the theoretical background in relation to the concept of transformation and some qualitative findings which provide evidence for the study's applicability and effectiveness.

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“…Anxiety (Goodwin et al, • 2001;Spiegel, Bloom, & Yalom, 1981) and depression (Edelman, Bell, & Kidman, 1999;Goodwin et al, 2001) in patients with metastatic disease. Anxiety (Mantovani et al, • 1996) and depression (Mantovani et al, 1996) in patients undergoing chemotherapy.…”

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Psychological Co-morbidities of Physical Illness

Pagoto¹

2011

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except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein.Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) v Individuals with psychological disorders are disproportionately affected by chronic disease, which presents a significant health disparity that is underrecognized and underaddressed. Physical and psychological illnesses co-occur more often than not in clinical populations, and this co-occurrence is associated with greater impairment, lower adherence, poor treatment response, lower quality of life, increased healthcare costs, and higher mortality rates. This book is the first comprehensive resource regarding psychological co-morbidities of physical illness. It serves as both a handbook for clinicians who care for patients with co-morbidities as well as a call for research that increases our understanding of the connection between physical and psychological illness, with the ultimate goal of improving the health of people with psychological disorders.A constellation of behavioral, pharmacological, and physiological factors play a role in the increased risk for disease among individuals with psychological disorders. Behavioral factors include higher rates of smoking, obesity, and unhealthy behaviors. Psychopharmacology has also been implicated given that many drugs promote weight gain and metabolic syndrome. Physiological processes of psychological distress, including hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunction, inflammation, and autonomic dysfunction, can also manifest in the development of chronic disease. In addition to identifying the most prevalent psychological co-morbidities of physical illness, this book explores how behavioral, pharmacological, and physiological factors converge to put individuals with psychological disorders at greater risk for disease.This book is firmly rooted in the philosophy of evidence-based practice and was designed to help narrow the existing research to practice gap. One of the most commonly cited reasons by clinicians for not using evidence-based treatments is that randomized clinical trials do not reflect their consumers who have multiple co-morbidities. Traditionally, randomized clinical trials, by having a disease-specific focus...

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A group cognitive behaviour therapy programme with metastatic breast cancer patients

Cited by 196 publications

References 30 publications

Lessons to Be Learned From 25 Years of Research Investigating Psychosocial Interventions for Cancer Patients

Lessons to Be Learned From 25 Years of Research Investigating Psychosocial Interventions for Cancer Patients

Turning Curses into Blessings

Psychological Co-morbidities of Physical Illness

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