Counselling Psychology in Medical Settings: The Promising Role of Counselling Health Psychology

Abstract

Background. Maintaining pulp vitality is a major objective in restorative dentistry. Direct pulp capping (DPC) is considered a way to enhance pulp healing and induce reparative dentin. In the present study, 3 capping materials were used and compared in terms of promoting pulp tissue healing after mechanical exposure.Objectives. The aim of the study was to evaluate the reparative capacity of Biodentine™ (BD), TheraCal ® LC and TotalFill ® as DPC materials and to assess dentin bridge formation.Material and methods. The experiment required 3 groups (1-week group, 1-month group and 3-months group), each consisting of 24 fresh human premolars extracted for orthodontic reasons. A cavity was prepared on the buccal surface of each tooth and the pulp tissue was penetrated to a depth of approx. 1.0 mm. After exposure, hemostasis was obtained and the pulp-capping agents BD, TheraCal LC and TotalFill were applied. A final restoration with GC Fuji IX GP Fast (GC Corporation, Tokyo, Japan) was applied to each tooth to ensure an adequate coronal seal. Tissue samples were collected at 1 week, 1 month and 3 months. The samples were demineralized, sectioned, stained, and histologically graded.Results. There was a statistically significant difference between TheraCal LC and both BD and TotalFill in terms of pulpal inflammation during the 3 capping periods, while BD and TotalFill showed comparable results, with no statistically significant difference between their results in the 3 capping periods.Conclusions. TotalFill, a newly developed pulp-capping material, offers results comparable to BD in addition to its advantageous handling properties. Although TheraCal LC contains resin ingredients, given proper curing, it seems to be a successful material for DPC and offers superior handling properties.

A qualitative study to explore the help-seeking views relating to depression among older Black Caribbean adults living in the UK

“…These findings are consistent with the number of studies that have evidence of how important a role close friends and family play in the wellbeing and health of older adults (Cornwell and Waite 2009). Importantly, these findings are also in line with the principles of Counselling Psychology, which considers the impact of contextual factors such as social support, relatives and friends (Karademas, 2009). For these reasons, when working with this client group, Counselling Psychologists and other mental professionals need to hold in mind the positive impact of the service user's wider-network in recovery.…”

“…A research paradigm sets the context and theoretical positioning of a researcher's study. This may be influenced by the core principles of Counselling Psychology, which considers a holistic approach when working with individuals' (Karademas, 2009); As a result, it can be argued that the Counselling Psychologist researcher may hold a similar perspective when undertaking research.…”

“…In addition, mental health professionals may also consider social prescribing as a way to maintain wellbeing, and/or enable better access to mental health services for the older adult population. Importantly, in line with the values of Counselling Psychology (Karademas, 2009), social prescribing strives to address an individual need in a holistic way, as well as empower them to take c ontrol of their own health (The Kings Fund, 2017).…”

Counselling Psychology: Concept, trend and medical setting

“…According to identical concept defined by Bennett (2000) and Belar and Deardorff (1995), a psychologist can offer large help to the patients functioning at every important level such as physical level, emotional level, cognitive and behavioral level. Variety of collection of techniques are available in order to use as individual and group counselling, therapies, training, crisis intervention, stress management, motivational interview, guided imagery, behavior analysis and modification, cognitive restructuring and many more as per the obligatory conditions (Karademas, 2009). Cognitive behavioral models are the main base of these techniques which have been associated in the effectiveness of many health conditions including cardio-vascular disorders (e.g., Bellg, 2004;Gidron et al, 1999); diabetes mellitus (e.g., Norris et al, 2001), HIV/AIDS (e.g., Chesney and Antoni, 2002); sexual health (e.g., Aarø et al, 2006) and surgical procedures (e.g., Lang et al, 2000;Petry, 2000) and many more.…”

“…Important aspects of psychological science had been beautifully explored by Gentry (1984) who stated that the following points like life-style factors in the manifestation, maintenance of health problems and the development of psychological theories about health had facilitated the formation of new initiatives. After emergence of behavioral medicine and health psychology, a new explanation of health, illness and researches on health related factors were increased so far (Karademas, (2009). As an outcome, patients were increasingly *Corresponding author.…”