Characteristics of psychological activity
1. Anxieties and fears: erythalamus is a chronic, complex and uncurable self-immunological disease. Patients tend to experience extreme anxiety at the beginning of their diagnosis. The uncertainty of the path, fear of damage to organs, changes in appearance, fear of increased risk to life due to disease outbreaks, each nuance may become a trigger of fear and a state of mental distress, as a bird of shock. For example, when young female patients think about future birth limits, anxiety accumulates and sleeps at night, with terrible assumptions of disease in mind.
2. Depression and helplessness: long-term treatment process, drug side effects, frequent re-diagnosis, financial burden, like a mountain on the shoulder of the patient. Poor physical condition makes it difficult to work and socialize, disruption of the rhythm of life and a sudden decline in self-worth, which in turn fuels depression. When people of their own age live healthy lives, they are trapped in the cage of the struggle against disease, and patients often feel deeply helpless and unable to escape the status quo and lose control of life.
3. Subsistence and social evasiveness: red hyenas can cause external changes such as skin red spots and hairs, and the person ‘ s low self-esteem grows out of fear of a different vision. In the long run, human support systems have become weaker and more psychologically burdened by the gradual avoidance of social gatherings, the reluctance to communicate with people in close proximity, and the isolation of once-open-out personalities.
Psychological assessment
1. Clinical interview: face-to-face in-depth interviews with patients on their pathology, family support, daily emotional state. Observe speech, expression, physical action, and from which you can see hidden psychological distress, such as groaning and evasive eyes when talking about the future, may imply despair and anxiety.
2. Application of the psychological scale: use of specialized tools such as the Baker Depression Scale (BDI) and the Baker Anxiety Scale (BAI) to accurately quantify the level of depression and anxiety among patients. High points suggest the need to focus on mental health and to target interventions with symptoms.
3. Quality of life assessment: understanding of the impact of the disease on the overall life of the patient, in terms of physical functioning, psychological state, social relations, environmental adaptation and multidimensional considerations. The quality of life has fallen significantly, and psychological problems are often more complex and difficult.
Psychological prescription
Illnesses: regular science lectures, easy-to-understand handbooks, graphs and case studies on erythalamus, treatment programmes, rehabilitation cases. Dispersing the mist of fear born out of ignorance, making it clear that treatment is manageable and rekindling hope. For example, the sharing of stories of patients who have been in a stable and normal life for many years increases confidence.
2. Psychosocial support groups: set up patient communication platforms and meet regularly on or offline. Here, people share their feelings and their frustrations, and patients find that they are not alone, and that the successful coping experiences of others can inspire and exhale feelings while reaping a sense of belonging.
3. Relax training guidance: teaching patients techniques such as deep breathing, gradual muscle laxity, meditation, etc. A total of 15 to 20 minutes of exercise per day, deep breath and calmness during anxiety, pre-sleep meditation, stress relief, and control of physical stress.
Family and social support mobilization: communication with family members, informing them of the importance of being accompanied, providing care for the patient, emotional support. Call for inclusion, retention of employment opportunities, and organization of care activities to make people feel that they are still a valued member of society, drawing psychological energy from outside to fight the disease.
Cognitive re-engineering: assisting patients to recognize negative thinking, such as “I’ve got the disease ruined”, leading to a change of perspective: “I’m sick, but I can do a lot of little things I like, and I’m gonna get better,” to re-establish a positive mentality, to increase psychological resilience and to embark on a long recovery path.
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