CANCER AND THE MENTAL PROCESS ( PART IV )

Mental health has boomed in recent years and the change in that area, was also one of the most important scientific facts and useful for the best medical practice.Psychology, for their contribution and input of new concepts and theoretical models and scientists from other sciences, especially sociology, anthropology, pharmacology and physics, has greatly enrriquecedído. Today you may qualify as a dynamic science, social and highly scientific.Modern psychology is significant not only in theory and psychopathology, but goes further and involves the work of the institutions in prcatica today, directly affecting professionals are integrated into interdciplinarios groups involved in all prevention activities and promotion of mental health, teaching and research itself.The current psychological science, is also a constant challenge and permanent enfretamiento, study and solve the problems of health and mental hygiene, where the body is not that sick, but they are people or beings social suffering. Psychology and view, focuses on the study and understanding of mental problems as a basis of human contradictions, centering intra and interpersonal links that leave room for plenty conflictuarse emotional distress, which also includes the relevant family of patients and their environment or habitat, as active participants in the process of health and disease of the mourners.It is important, before giving way to casuistry, make it clear that sizing your condition suffering not at the level of drug or chemical-biological formulas, but in terms of mental phenomena and perceptions and that a group of qualified observers (clinical psychologists) includes mental signals (verbal and attitudinal) and signs of the body to integrate with the symptoms of the disease, leading to a common diagnosis and interacting shared by all, including the patient.The psychotherapeutic team, consisted of specially trained professionals including having been exposed previously, patients with severe psychotic situations and situations involving sensitive as the dynamics between life and death of a patient. This also required a preparation to prevent the frustration increased if it is present in addition to emotional overload psychotherapy conducted.The patient was referred to us by the oncologist in determining that his intervention was limited resulting in psycho-emotional aspects of the patient. By saying the doctor, the crisis was not overcome depression or modified, despite the drugs prescribed. This situation hindered and to more complex chemotherapy and radiation provided and applied to the bereaved. Suspected of a strong sense of anxiety that could be driving organic and functional disorders should be corrected with appropriate psychotherapy.The methodology used was the directive therapy, brief and emergency sessions of 45 minutes twice a week for four months. We used interview protocols designed by psychotherapists. The sessions were recorded and psychologists observers remained in the registration area of ​​the House of Gessel, preparing their reports.A member of our team interviewed Oncologist psychotherapy and sought the following information: Patient work activity 50 years of age at the moment is under medical leave, suffers a cervical cancer box being treated and does not show metastasis. Unstable emotional state, crying easily and ideas appear in his address depression and deep sadness. So psychotherapeutic intervention is sought because it would "know more" of the patient to support the best way for medical treatment.CASE REPORT. -Mexican national women 50 years of age. Active worker (currently licensed) in charge of a library or university. Married to an academic from the university with an age of 47 years. Mother of three children in terminal stage of adolescence.Presents a picture of multiple complaints and crying easily, due to depressive thoughts. Being treated for cervical cancer in advanced stage, chemotherapy and radiation with the known side effects.The patient is interviewed in the House of Gessel. It has information about your visit with psychotherapists, but is said surprised Oncologist position because it believes that while she cried and said moods varied and changing ideas lined doom, does not understand what was referred for consultation psychological, let alone to receive such treatment. He tried to cancel the interview saying that there was no cause for concern. He tried to convince us that his mental state was really excellent and the discomfort they attributed most of all, the treatment of chemotherapy and radiation that caused much havoc and physical discomfort, "That perhaps I should not complain, then?(CONTINAUARA)