Abstract

ORDONEZ FERNANDEZ, María del Prado. Psychotherapy Support in Primary Care. Rev Clin Med Fam [online]. 2008, vol.2, n.5, pp.226-235. ISSN 2386-8201.

The main goal of psychotherapy support in primary care is to reduce anxiety and to strengthen the defenses in order to improve the individuals' performance or enable them to return to a previous performance, preventing skills acquired from being lost, increasing independence and the contact with reality. Prior motivation for the change, needed for other psychotherapies, is not required. The period of time may or may not be limited depending on the type of patient. A regular visit every 2-3 months, or even at the patient's demand, may fulfil objectives. The inclusion of psychotropic drugs would help to reinforce the support work, permitting the connection to be maintained in the intervals between visits and also enabling improvement in the patient to be evaluated.

Keywords : Psychotherapy; Primary Health Care.

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