Reactive Depression and Chronic Illness: Counseling Patients and Their Families.

Halligan, Fredrica G.

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ERIC Number: EJ280658

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Publication Date: 1983-Mar

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Reactive Depression and Chronic Illness: Counseling Patients and Their Families.

Halligan, Fredrica G.

Personnel and Guidance Journal, v61 n7 p401-06 Mar 1983

Reviews major biochemical, psychoanalytic, and cognitive theories of depression with specific suggestions for counseling approaches to reduce prevalence and impact of depression that often accompanies physical illness. A case study illustrates the need for family as well as individual counseling. (Author/JAC)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Case Studies, Counseling Techniques, Depression (Psychology), Diseases, Emotional Problems, Emotional Response, Family Counseling, Patients, State of the Art Reviews

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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