Evolution of psychological intervention of rheumatoid arthritis
Keywords:
Rheumatoid arthritis, psychological intervention, cognitive behavioral model, resilience, emotional expressionAbstract
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, autoimmune disease that affects thesynovial membrane of joints and is a major public health problembecause it affects the quality of life of sufferers. Specifically in the lastthirty years, health sciences programs have been developing psychoeducationalintervention for managing pain, negative emotional states
and training in social and physical skills to reduce social and economic impact. Therefore, the present work is intended to show the development of intervention programs in rheumatoid arthritis which have emphasized psychological strategies. It describes the etiopathology of rheumatoid arthritis, the origin and development of early intervention programs that were focused on the cognitive behavioral model to reach the last
generation of intervention approaches that have focused on open emotional expression of negative affect. It ends by highlighting the importance of developing intervention programs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis based on the empowerment of positive emotions, resilience and other variables derived from positive psychology.
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