口腔心身症に対する読書療法
1999 年 14 巻 2 号 p. 85-89
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1999 年 14 巻 2 号 p. 85-89
This paper describes the use of bibliotherapy to alleviate death anxiety in patients with oral psychosomatic disorders.
A book describing the near-death experiences of well-known people was used to alleviate death anxiety in 19 patients, (4 males aged 61-92 and 15 females aged 51-89). The subjects read the book and then answered a questionnaire. Replies showed 14 found it effective and 2 ineffective (with 3 not replying) in reducing death anxiety. Furthermore, of the 14 who found bibliotherapy effective, 6 replied that persistent complaints were also reduced (including 2 who found them so reduced that they were able to terminate treatment within a short time).
This study found bibiliotherapy to be a useful therapeutic tool in reducing death anxiety and persisitent complaints in patients with, oral psychosomatic disorders.
