Those who are familiar with psoriasis should know that as a chronic inflammatory skin disease with recurrent attacks, there is no exact and effective cure for it. The quality of life of patients is also affected to varying degrees, and most of them have psychological problems such as anxiety and depression. Therefore, early psychological intervention should be carried out to control the regression of psoriasis by adjusting both the physical and psychological states, and encourage patients to establish the determination to overcome the disease, so as to improve their quality of life and promote physical and mental health.
Next, what are the psychological treatment methods of psoriasis?
They can be broadly summarized as giving health education, establishing a friendly doctor-patient relationship, establishing healthy behavior patterns, individual psychotherapy, group therapy, etc.
1.Giving health education
Medical personnel can widely carry out popular knowledge propaganda and explain to each patient and his or her family in detail about psoriasis, such as the causes, pathogenesis, infectiousness, the current status of treatment, problems in treatment and precautions, so that patients can adjust their mindset and look at the disease in a rational and scientific manner.
Through planned health education for psoriasis patients, the patients’ awareness of the disease and self-care ability can be improved, which can significantly reduce their mental stress, effectively control the disease and reduce the occurrence of complications.
The patient’s family members and people in close relationship around the patient should help the patient get rid of the psychological shadow as much as possible, give them more understanding and care, and create a good atmosphere for work, study and life.
2.Establish a friendly doctor-patient relationship
Effective psychotherapy is based on a good doctor-patient relationship. Doctors should take the initiative to understand the psychological changes of patients, and at the same time give them sincere comfort and encouragement, so that they can feel that someone cares and respects them.
Only after fully gaining the patient’s trust, can we help the patient improve his or her bad mood and negative coping style. In turn, we can obtain the support and cooperation of patients’ families, improve their attitudes toward patients, and indirectly guide patients to actively cooperate with doctors, obey medical advice and scientific treatment.
3.Establish a healthy behavior pattern
Let patients maintain a regular work and rest schedule, avoid staying up late, maintain a reasonable dietary structure, pay attention to emotional self-regulation, avoid blindly using medication, as well as timely increase and decrease clothing according to climate change and other healthy behavioral habits, which are conducive to eliminating triggering factors and promoting disease recovery.
4.Individualized psychotherapy
Communication with patients should be strengthened to make them realize that psychological factors can play an extremely important role in the process of disease regression and prognosis.
Use various psychological interventions to actively carry out psychological guidance and reduce their psychological pressure. Let patients know that psoriasis is a preventable and treatable disease, and that the goal of treatment is to safely and effectively control the disease for a long time, so as to achieve the purpose of cure.
5.Group treatment
Let patients who are cured and discharged talk with inpatients, so that they can communicate with each other and communicate with each other as much as possible, thus eliminating the sense of loneliness and enhancing self-confidence.
Encourage patients to actively participate in cultural, sports and social activities, shorten the distance between them and others, cultivate optimism and form good psychological quality, so as to reduce mental burden, eliminate fear, tension, anxiety, worry and other bad emotions, and enhance confidence in overcoming the disease.
In conclusion, the implementation of psychotherapy should be flexible in the specific clinical application, varying from person to person and treating them differently.
Due to the individual differences of patients and complex psychological changes in the treatment process, doctors must develop flexible psychological treatment plans according to the psychological changes of different patients at different times, and choose suitable and symptomatic treatment methods before they can get twice the result with half the effort and achieve satisfactory treatment results.
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