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ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA
Volume 107, Issue 6, Pages 449-456Publisher
BLACKWELL MUNKSGAARD
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2003.00048.x
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somatization disorders; cognitive behaviour therapy; group therapy; general practice; follow-up studies
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Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the maintenance of treatment goals of a short cognitive-behavioural group treatment programme for the management of somatization disorders in primary care. Method: In a previous controlled 6-month follow-up study, patients with somatization disorders (n=32) improved with respect to illness and somatic preoccupation, hypochondriasis, and medication usage. In the present report the same group of patients were also investigated one-and-a-half year after initial treatment. Results: The long-term follow-up manifested maintained improvement with respect to hypochondriasis. There was additional reduction of anxiety and psychosocial preoccupation, whereas somatization and depression-anxiety scores improved progressively. Conclusion: A short cognitive-behavioural group treatment of psychosomatic patients can be useful in primary care and may manifest maintained or progressive beneficial outcome.
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