Abstract

MAZUTTI, Sandra Regina Gonzaga  and  KITAYAMA, Marcela Mayami Gomes. Psicologia hospitalar: um enfoque em terapia cognitiva. Rev. SBPH [online]. 2008, vol.11, n.2, pp. 111-125. ISSN 1516-0858.

This article had as objective to present the applicability of Cognitive Therapy (CT) in patients hospitalized in General Hospital. It was presented one brief recital with basic principles of the CT, strategies and techniques to intervine in crisis situations. Considerations on the characteristics of the CT were made: short duration, focus in the present with objective in the resolution of problem and flexibility of thoughts and beliefs, aiming at the fast improvement of the mood, more emotional stability and more adaptive copping. Authors presented and argued two taken care of clinical cases in CT that could be evaluated how much to the results gotten in practical the hospital one.

Keywords : Cognitive therapy; Hospital psychology; General Hospital.

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