1999
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-199903000-00009
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Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment in Unselected Rheumatoid Arthritis Outpatients

Abstract: Cognitive-behavioral therapy has proven an effective adjunct to standard treatment of rheumatoid arthritis outpatients. These effects were shown in an unselected sample with increasing disease activity and with comparable changes in medication during treatment. We recommend cognitive-behavioral treatment as an desirable adjunct to standard medical treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

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“…Our results are consistent with other psychotherapeutic interventions that demonstrate improvement in RA disability, pain, depression, and/or coping efficacy 5,6,7,31,32 . Reductions in disease activity and joint inflammation have been reported after cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), particularly in those subjects with earlier-onset RA 4,9,10,11,14,32 .…”
Section: Rheumatologysupporting
confidence: 90%
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“…Our results are consistent with other psychotherapeutic interventions that demonstrate improvement in RA disability, pain, depression, and/or coping efficacy 5,6,7,31,32 . Reductions in disease activity and joint inflammation have been reported after cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), particularly in those subjects with earlier-onset RA 4,9,10,11,14,32 .…”
Section: Rheumatologysupporting
confidence: 90%
“…Reductions in disease activity and joint inflammation have been reported after cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), particularly in those subjects with earlier-onset RA 4,9,10,11,14,32 . Several recent reports suggest that interventions teaching emotional regulation, such as writing about stressful experiences or using mindfulness meditation, have resulted in less disease activity and joint inflammation in individuals with RA 4,8 .…”
Section: Rheumatologymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Poor psychological adjustment to chronic health problems has undesirable consequences. For example, adherence to treatments for the medical illness is reduced (Kimmel 1995) and ability to cope with physical symptoms such as pain is compromised (Leibing 1999).…”
Section: Adjustment To Illnessmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Kunik (2001) mostrou que o uso breve da terapia cognitivo-comportamental levou a uma redução dos sintomas depressivos, ainda que sem melhora do funcionamento físico, em pacientes com DPOC. No estudo prospectivo feito por Leibing (1999), a terapia cognitivo-comportamental teve um impacto positivo nos níveis de depressão em pacientes ambulatoriais com artrite reumatóide. Têm sido também descritos vários efeitos benéficos das intervenções psicossociais na depressão de pacientes oncológicos.…”
Section: Qual é O Papel Do Tratamento Farmacológico Da Depressão No Punclassified