The necessity of psychological interventions to improve compliance with Tuberculosis treatment and reduce psychological distress

The necessity of psychological interventions to improve compliance with Tuberculosis treatment and reduce psychological distress

Context: One of the major obstacles in treating TB is the patient's nonadherence to the treatment regimen resulting in prolonged disease transmission and development of resistance to anti-TB drugs. An individual's mental health affects his/her adaptation to the disease. Mental health issue...

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Main Authors: Neeraj Agarwal, Parth Sarthi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Subjects:
anxiety and mood disorders
comorbidity
depression
medicine resistant tuberculosis
tuberculosis key messages: there is a necessity of psychological interventions for patients with tuberculosis group-based psychotherapy and support groups should be provided to all tb patients not just to mdr-tb patients to arrest further transmission and proper integration of tb patients in the society. the implementation of psychological interventions and applications needs to be adapted
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