Group psychotherapy on anxiety and depression symptoms in patients with alcohol dependence
10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2017.02.005
- VernacularTitle:集体治疗缓解酒依赖患者焦虑抑郁症状的初步评价
- Author:
Jianfen LI
;
Wenxing LU
;
Banglei LIAO
;
Linghong DUAN
;
Fuxiang LI
;
Qiang LU
;
Jianjun BAI
;
Haiyan ZHENG
;
Xiaohong YANG
- Keywords:
alcohol dependence;
group psychotherapy;
anxiety;
depression
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2017;31(2):118-122
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To explore the clinical effect of group psychotherapy on relieving anxiety and depression symptoms in patients with alcohol dependence.Methods:Totally 117 patients with alcohol dependence accompanied with anxiety and depression symptoms were selected from the Second People's Hospital of Puer City from 2014 January 1 to December 31.The anxiety and depression symptoms were assessed with the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS),Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) and Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS).They were divided into drug combined group (intervention group,n =89) and single drug treatment group (control group,n =88).The two groups were administrated diazepam replacement therapy,and the intervention group combined group psychotherapy.Eight weeks later,treatment effect of the two groups were evaluated with the Clinical Global Impression Scale (CGI).Results:After intervention,the scores of SAS,SDS,BPRS,and CGI in intervention group decreased [(21.1 ±8.3) vs.(65.3± 10.2),(35.1 ±3.5) vs.(51.7 ±5.6),(4.3 ± 1) vs.(5.4 ±0.6),Ps ＜0.05].There was no significant difference in above scores between before and after treatment in the control group (Ps ＞ 0.05).Conclusion:The effect of group psychotherapy on the basis of medicine may be better than that of single drug therapy on relieving anxiety and depression in patients with alcohol dependence.
