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KMID : 0387420220330040473
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Korean Society of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
2022 Volume.33 No. 4 p.473 ~ p.484
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Use of Korean Medicine Psychotherapy Including Existential Psychotherapy in a Patient with a Mild Depressive Episode Accompanied by Physical Symptoms Such as Hyposmia: A Case Report
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Lee Hyung-Woo
Kim Sang-Beom
Cho Ju-Yeon
Kim Jong-Min
Lee Ga-Hyun
Park Se-Jin
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Abstract
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Objectives: To report a case of a patient with a mild depressive episode accompanied by physical symptoms such as hyposmia visiting a Korean medicine hospital who was treated with oriental psychotherapy in parallel with existentialism-based psychotherapy showing improvement.
Methods: For this patient, Korean medicine Psychotherapy was mainly used for treatment. In parallel, existential Psychotherapy, acupuncture treatment, and self-relaxation training were implemented. For estimating this treatment, changes in results of Beck Depression Index (BDI), Beck Anxiety Index (BAI), Numeric Rating Scale (NRS), Korean Version of Sniffin’ Sticks Test (KVSS), Butanol Threshold Test (BTT), Cross-Cultural Smell Identification Test (CC-SIT), and somatic symptoms that the patient subjectively expressed were determined.
Results: After the comprehensive treatment, it was confirmed that changes in BDI, BAI, KVSS, BTT, CC-SIT, NRS, and subjective somatic symptoms expressed by the patient all showed improvements.
Conclusions: We propose that a comprehensive treatment using Korean medicines Psychotherapy in parallel with existential psychotherapy can be used for patients who complain of physical symptoms accompanied by depression and hyposmia.
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KEYWORD
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Korean medicine Psychotherapy, Existential Psychotherapy, Self-relaxation training, Depression, Anxiety, Hyposmia
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