A personalized therapy of nosogenic reactions in cancer patients

The study was devoted to the problems of a personalized psychological and psychotherapeutic care for cancer patients. Materials and Methods. 30 persons who had a cancer therapy were examined. The main methods of examination were psychopathologic, dynamic, psychometric. Results. At admission the status of patients was characterized mostly by anxiety-depressive symptoms of various degree. These patients were diagnosed as having borderline mental disorders. In the start of treatment leading method was pharmacotherapy for anxiety reduction and compliance setting between doctor and patient. At the next stages of treatment the leading method was psychotherapy. Methods of cognitive-behavioral therapy, auto-training, neuro-linguistic programming, visualization and art-therapy were used. Positive dynamics of patients condition was monitored both by reduction of clinical manifestations and by psychological scales. Conclusion. Results of the study allowed to judge prevalence of anxiety-depressive disorders in patients with nosogenic reactions. Features of pharmaco- and psychotherapy in cancer patients were revealed. Use of auto-training, visualization and art-therapy exerted more expressed positive effect.