Experience of a multi-component therapy group for patients with chronic pain
Introduction Chronic pain has an impact that goes beyond the physical plane and, over the years, it ends up deteriorating the emotional, working and social life of people who suffer it. Objectives Since we are working with patients who suffer a chronic pathology that cannot be cured, the objecti...
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Introduction
Chronic pain has an impact that goes beyond the physical plane and, over the years, it ends up deteriorating the emotional, working and social life of people who suffer it.
Objectives
Since we are working with patients who suffer a chronic pathology that cannot be cured, the objective of the group is to create a safe space in which these patients can feel understood, facilitating emotional expression and promoting an active attitude. Accepting pain and its limitations allows the person to regain their ordinary life.
Methods
A multicomponent group therapy with a cognitive-behavioural orientation was carried out. The group was formed by 12 patients, all of them women with chronic pain. Eleven sessions were established on a weekly basis of one and a half hours of duration.
Results
In each session a specific aspect was worked on, favouring the learning of techniques, tools and strategies of coping. A global approach was made, including behavioural, cognitive and emotional elements. At the end of the process, the patients reported benefits in their ability to manage anxiety and depression symptomatology, and they reflected a lower impact of pain in their daily life.
Conclusions
Given the complexity of the symptomatology in chronic pain, it is important to approach the treatment from a multidimensional perspective that envisages every component of pain in order to being able to give a response to the physical and psychosocial impact that it implies, favouring a better confrontation and adaptation.
Disclosure
No significant relationships.
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| spelling | doaj.art-754028b724904738981abae251dc98282023-11-17T05:05:11ZengCambridge University PressEuropean Psychiatry0924-93381778-35852021-04-0164S749S74910.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.1984Experience of a multi-component therapy group for patients with chronic painP. Marco Coscujuela0A. Hernández Mata1A. Sotillos Gómez2C. Rodríguez Sabaté3A. Fernández Rodríguez4Psychiatry, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Getafe, SpainPsychiatry, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Getafe, SpainPsychiatry, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Getafe, SpainPsychology, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Getafe, SpainPsychology, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Getafe, Spain Introduction Chronic pain has an impact that goes beyond the physical plane and, over the years, it ends up deteriorating the emotional, working and social life of people who suffer it. Objectives Since we are working with patients who suffer a chronic pathology that cannot be cured, the objective of the group is to create a safe space in which these patients can feel understood, facilitating emotional expression and promoting an active attitude. Accepting pain and its limitations allows the person to regain their ordinary life. Methods A multicomponent group therapy with a cognitive-behavioural orientation was carried out. The group was formed by 12 patients, all of them women with chronic pain. Eleven sessions were established on a weekly basis of one and a half hours of duration. Results In each session a specific aspect was worked on, favouring the learning of techniques, tools and strategies of coping. A global approach was made, including behavioural, cognitive and emotional elements. At the end of the process, the patients reported benefits in their ability to manage anxiety and depression symptomatology, and they reflected a lower impact of pain in their daily life. Conclusions Given the complexity of the symptomatology in chronic pain, it is important to approach the treatment from a multidimensional perspective that envisages every component of pain in order to being able to give a response to the physical and psychosocial impact that it implies, favouring a better confrontation and adaptation. Disclosure No significant relationships. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933821019842/type/journal_articlePainTherapy group |
| spellingShingle | P. Marco Coscujuela A. Hernández Mata A. Sotillos Gómez C. Rodríguez Sabaté A. Fernández Rodríguez Experience of a multi-component therapy group for patients with chronic pain European Psychiatry Pain Therapy group |
| title | Experience of a multi-component therapy group for patients with chronic pain |
| title_full | Experience of a multi-component therapy group for patients with chronic pain |
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| title_short | Experience of a multi-component therapy group for patients with chronic pain |
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| topic | Pain Therapy group |
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