Sociotherapy and depression

Psychopathology. 1986:19 Suppl 2:207-9. doi: 10.1159/000285156.

Abstract

Every depression is accompanied or preceded by a series of internal or external losses. They determine a situation of loneliness, sometimes material and always psychological and relational. It is therefore important to consider beyond pharmaco-therapy and psychotherapy the application of a sociotherapy including: a material and emotional help in the social sphere practical life and hygiene advises the creation of feed-backs by using interactions caused by the patient's participation to therapeutical groups.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Depressive Disorder / therapy*
  • Group Processes
  • Humans
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Male
  • Social Isolation