Interpersonal psychotherapy-based psychological intervention for patient suffering from COVID-19: A case report.
World J Clin Cases
; 8(23): 6064-6070, 2020 Dec 06.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-994308
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first found in Wuhan, China, and it has rapidly spread worldwide since the end of 2019. There is an urgent need to treat the physical and psychological aspects of COVID-19. Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT)-based psychological intervention is an evidence-based therapy for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. CASESUMMARY:
This report describes a case of COVID-19 in a patient who transmitted the disease to his entire family. The patient received four sessions of IPT-based psychological intervention. We used the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression and Patient Health Questionnaire to measure depression level, and the Hamilton Anxiety Scale and Generalized Anxiety Disorder to measure anxiety among the patients.CONCLUSION:
This case shows that IPT-based therapy can reduce COVID-19 patient depression and anxiety and the advantage of IPT-based therapy.
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English
Journal:
World J Clin Cases
Year:
2020
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Article
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Wjcc.v8.i23.6064
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