ABSTRACT Introduction: The sources of stress involved in chronic kidney disease (CKD) can lead to depressive states, directly affecting the hemodialysis patient's quality of life (QOL). There are few reports and studies on therapeutic interventions that aim to minimize depressive symptoms in these patie...
Objective: The study’s goal has been to identify depressive symptoms in elderly people living in communities or groups in the municipality of Petrolina, Pernambuco State, Brazil, through the Geriatric Depression Scale. Methods: It is a cross-sectional study that was carried out with 185 elderly people....
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the best available evidence on the efficacy of Reminiscence Therapy in cognition, depressive symptoms and quality of life in elderly individuals with cognitive impairment. Method: The methodology proposed by the Joanna Briggs Institute was used. Studies focused on grou...
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the association between self-care activities of older adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and sociodemographic variables, type of treatment and depressive symptoms. Method: inferential and cross-sectional study, with 121 older adults with Type 2 DM in ambulatory car...
Abstract Background: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease which impairs the quality of life. The objective of study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Brief Group Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy to improve quality of life, depression, anxiety and coping strategies in SLE patients. ...
Se presenta el caso de un paciente de 53 años que padece dos cuadros clínicos, un trastorno por consumo de sustancia (TUS) y un cuadro de depresión mayor con riesgo suicida lo cual en la actualidad se denomina patología dual. Se dedican dos sesiones
a la evaluación diagnóstica y funcional y el trat...
Abstract Introduction Few studies have evaluated positive measures for therapeutic response. Thus, the objective of this study was to assess the effects of resilience on severity of depressive and anxious symptoms after brief cognitive psychotherapy for depression. Methods This was a clinical follow-...
