Objective: This review sought to identify the experiences of persons living with genital
herpes and what interventions improve the health-related quality of life of young people and …

Self-help and mutual help groups are defined and the status of the literature described and
reviewed. Self-help groups are different from peer and nonprofessional services under the …

Developments in community mental health services for the disadvantaged, including the
homeless and children, are discussed. Many programs have implicitly or explicitly …

Objectives: To assess the emotional and psychosocial responses to a serological diagnosis
of HSV-2 infection in individuals without previous history of genital herpes. Methods: 24 …

To assess group participants' perceptions of therapeutic factors, we developed an extensive
questionnaire of 155 items that was administered to 489 members of 78 psychotherapy and …

Previous studies suggest that anxiety and/or depressed mood are associated with
recurrence of genital herpes lesions. The present study sought to extend the assessment of …

There is increasing interest in the application of brief group psychotherapy to treat a wide
variety of patient conditions. This paper reviews a selected set of controlled and comparison …

A large number of dermatological disorders exist in which psychological factors play a major
role. A review of the literature shows the importance of psychological factors in …

Reviewed a study by Bond et al.(1990) that evaluates assertive community treatment (ACT),
an intensive community-based program for the seriously mentally ill. Such programs have …

Four individuals with frequent recurrences of genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) were
trained in Applied Relaxation (AR). Participants included in the research had been …