Efficacy of cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy in combined treatment of patients with initial hypertensive encephalopathy
Golubev, M.V.; Bukharov, I.M.; Golovkin, I.S.
Voprosy Kurortologii Fizioterapii i Lechebnoi Fizicheskoi Kultury 2: 14-16
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-8787 PMID: 17563981 Document Number: 612739
To assess efficacy of cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy in patients with initial hypertensive encephalopathy, we made a study including 65 neurological patients. Of them, 35 patients received basic therapy plus cognitive-behavioral therapy, 25 patients were given basic therapy only. The results of the study demonstrate high therapeutic efficacy of cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy in combined treatment of patients with initial hypertensive encephalopathy. The highest effect was shown in anxious symptoms and high critical attitude of the patients to their negative emotions.