Chronic Diseases
- difference between Illness & disease
- typical behaviours
Illness : Subjective experience of a disease or medical condition over a long period of time
emotional functioning for empathy
emotional responsiveness
- depression, anger, aggression
Disease : objective manifestation (symptoms) of a medical condition
- Psycho-educational Interventions (EXAMPLES)
issues with illness acceptance
grief
low self-esteem/self efficacy
engaging in health risk behaviors
- substance use, early onset of sexual activity or unsafe sexual practices, risky driving, violent or suicidal behaviours, antisocial behaviours, disordered eating
Asthma
- Behaviour Modification can help clients follow physician's recommendation
Cancer
Arthritis
- medically recommended behaviour or lifestyle
illness acceptance
Pain Coping Skills Training
emotional stability
education on illness
prescribed diet
recommended exercise
Diabetes
non-engagement in health risk activities such as substance abuse
Arthritis Self-management program
self-management of illness as much as possible
Symptom Perception Training
Relaxation Training
Asthma Education
Written Emotional Expression Exercise
- Common Chronic disease/illness
1) Arthritis
2) Asthma
3)Cancer
4)Cardiac Disease
5)Diabetes
6)Epilepsy
7)Hypertension
Relaxation Training
Group-Based Cognitive-Behavioural Stress
Environmental Modification
Mindfulness-Based Art Therapy
Exercise
Diet Modification
Smoking Cessation
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
- Barriers to healthy lifestyle for individuals with chronic illness
Economic Issues
Physical issues
Emotional issues
Avoiding coping issues
- CBT
arthritis
asthma
cancer
diabetes
cognitive coping strategies, attention-diversion skill training, cognitive restructuring to address thinking errors
modification of automatic thoughts, intermediate beliefs and maladaptive schema
modify treatment interfering illness representations, prevent and manage pervasive uncertainty in life, address avoidance issues, cognitive reframing
- Other therapies that are more effective by nature
cognitive behavioural group training
Existential Therapy
Narrative Expressive Therapy
Hyponotherapy
They are probably going through a huge life change right now and therefore a lot of what their feeling is mostly negative
Psycho-educational Interventions (ROLES)
Primary Role
translate the treatment information into real-life situations that is important to the patient
All these, will REDUCE hospitalisations, emergency room use and overall health care costs
Increase patients sense of self-efficacy
developing patients problem solving skills
Having a chronic illness or disease would mean that they would need a lot of medication or checkups and in Singapore part of it is covered but it is still alot on the individual and their family
The way they live their life physically could be affected because of their situation therefore having issues physically
not well known in Singapore, participants has to be willing
anyone can claim to be a hypotherapist
story sharing to express themselves
life choices, cross road where to go what to do
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