TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - Anxiety
KW - Cognitive Therapy
KW - Depression
KW - Female
KW - Follow-Up Studies
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Primary Health Care
KW - Psychotherapy, Group
KW - Somatoform Disorders/psychology/therapy
KW - Treatment Outcome
AU - J. Lidbeck
A1 - 
AB - OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the maintenance of treatment goals of a short cognitive-behavioural group treatment programme for the management of somatization disorders in primary care. METHOD: In a previous controlled 6-month follow-up study, patients with somatization disorders (n=32) improved with respect to illness and somatic preoccupation, hypochondriasis, and medication usage. In the present report the same group of patients were also investigated one-and-a-half year after initial treatment. RESULTS: The long-term follow-up manifested maintained improvement with respect to hypochondriasis. There was additional reduction of anxiety and psychosocial preoccupation, whereas somatization and depression-anxiety scores improved progressively. CONCLUSION: A short cognitive-behavioural group treatment of psychosomatic patients can be useful in primary care and may manifest maintained or progressive beneficial outcome.
BT - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
C5 - Medically Unexplained Symptoms
CP - 6
CY - Denmark
IS - 6
JF - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
N2 - OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the maintenance of treatment goals of a short cognitive-behavioural group treatment programme for the management of somatization disorders in primary care. METHOD: In a previous controlled 6-month follow-up study, patients with somatization disorders (n=32) improved with respect to illness and somatic preoccupation, hypochondriasis, and medication usage. In the present report the same group of patients were also investigated one-and-a-half year after initial treatment. RESULTS: The long-term follow-up manifested maintained improvement with respect to hypochondriasis. There was additional reduction of anxiety and psychosocial preoccupation, whereas somatization and depression-anxiety scores improved progressively. CONCLUSION: A short cognitive-behavioural group treatment of psychosomatic patients can be useful in primary care and may manifest maintained or progressive beneficial outcome.
PP - Denmark
PY - 2003
SN - 0001-690X; 0001-690X
SP - 449
EP - 456
EP - 
T1 - Group therapy for somatization disorders in primary care: maintenance of treatment goals of short cognitive-behavioural treatment one-and-a-half-year follow-up
T2 - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
TI - Group therapy for somatization disorders in primary care: maintenance of treatment goals of short cognitive-behavioural treatment one-and-a-half-year follow-up
U1 - Medically Unexplained Symptoms
U2 - 12752022
VL - 107
VO - 0001-690X; 0001-690X
Y1 - 2003
ER -