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Group Therapy With Blind Diabetics

Group Therapy With Blind Diabetics Abstract • In a short-term therapy group for adult diabetics who were going blind, the issues most frequently raised concerned diabetic control, complications (including fear of death and retinopathy), rehabilitation, relationship with others, and group awareness. The meetings helped participants understand and accept their condition and begin rehabilitation. "Limbo" as an important and difficult experience is elucidated. We make recommendations for implementing these findings with other newly blind patients. References 1. Carroll TJ: Blindness: What It Is, What It Does, and How to Live With It . Boston, Little Brown & Co, 1961. 2. Cholden L: Some psychiatric problems in the rehabilitation of the blind . Bull Menninger Clin 18:107-112, 1954. 3. Fitzgerald RG: Reactions to blindness: An exploratory study of adults with recent loss of sight . Arch Gen Psychiatry 22:370-379, 1970.Crossref 4. Oehler-Giarratana J: Personal and professional reactions to blindness from diabetic retinopathy . The New Outlook for the Blind 70:237-240, 1976. 5. Fitzgerald RG: The newly blind: Mental distress, somatic illness, disability and management . Eye Ear Nose Throat Monthly 52:99-102, 1973. 6. Fitzgerald RG: Visual phenomenology in recently blind adults . Am J Psychiatry 127:1533-1539, 1971. 7. Berkow JW, Sugarman RG, Maumanee AE, et al: A retrospective study of blind diabetic patients . JAMA 193:867-872, 1965.Crossref 8. Daughaday W, Boniuk I: Diabetic retinopathy . JAMA 214:1867-1872, 1970.Crossref 9. Rogot E: Note on mortality among the diabetic blind . Public Health Rep 80:1025-1026, 1965.Crossref 10. Yalom E: The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy . New York, Basic Books Inc, 1970. 11. Bilodeau CB, Hackett TP: Issues raised in a group setting by patients recovering from myocardial infarction . Am J Psychiatry 128:105-110, 1971. 12. Dembo T, Leviton GL, Wright BA: Adjustment to misfortune: A problem of social-psychological rehabilitation . Artifi Limbs 3:3-39, 1956. 13. Thume K, Murphree OD: Acceptance of the white cane and hope for restoration of sight in blind persons as an indicator of adjustment . J Clin Psychol 17:208-209, 1961.Crossref 14. Lowery BJ, DuCette JP: Disease-related learning and disease control in diabetics as a function of locus of control . Nurs Res 25:358-362, 1976.Crossref 15. Fitzgerald R: Commentary . Med Asp Hum Sex 7:62, 1973. 16. Routh T: Psychotherapy as used in a rehabilitation centre for the blind . Indian J Soc Work 23:173-178, 1962. 17. Chodoff P: Adjustment to disability . J Chronic Dis 9:653-658, 1959.Crossref 18. Goffman E: Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity . Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall Inc, 1963. 19. Kubler-Ross E: Questions and Answers on Death and Dying . New York, Macmillan Publishing Co Inc, 1974. 20. Smith JH: Identificatory styles in depression and grief . Int J Psychoanal 52:259-264, 1971. 21. Wittkower E, Davenport RC: War blinded: Their emotional, social, and occupational situation . Psychosom Med 8:121-137, 1946.Crossref 22. Parkes CM: Separation anxiety: An aspect of the search for a lost object , in Lader MH: (ed): Studies of Anxiety . Special publication No. 3 of the British Journal of Psychiatry. Ashford, Kent, Great Britain, Headley Brothers Ltd, 1969. 23. Wilson E: Group therapy in a rehabilitation program . New Outlook 64:237-239, 1970. 24. Miles B: Social therapy for the elderly blind . Nurs Times 63:292-293, 1967. 25. Kubler-Ross E, Anderson JR: Psychotherapy with the least expected: Modified group therapy with blind clients . Rehabil Lit 29:73-76, 1968. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of General Psychiatry American Medical Association

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Abstract • In a short-term therapy group for adult diabetics who were going blind, the issues most frequently raised concerned diabetic control, complications (including fear of death and retinopathy), rehabilitation, relationship with others, and group awareness. The meetings helped participants understand and accept their condition and begin rehabilitation. "Limbo" as an important and difficult experience is elucidated. We make recommendations for implementing these findings with other newly blind patients. References 1. Carroll TJ: Blindness: What It Is, What It Does, and How to Live With It . Boston, Little Brown & Co, 1961. 2. Cholden L: Some psychiatric problems in the rehabilitation of the blind . Bull Menninger Clin 18:107-112, 1954. 3. Fitzgerald RG: Reactions to blindness: An exploratory study of adults with recent loss of sight . Arch Gen Psychiatry 22:370-379, 1970.Crossref 4. Oehler-Giarratana J: Personal and professional reactions to blindness from diabetic retinopathy . The New Outlook for the Blind 70:237-240, 1976. 5. Fitzgerald RG: The newly blind: Mental distress, somatic illness, disability and management . Eye Ear Nose Throat Monthly 52:99-102, 1973. 6. Fitzgerald RG: Visual phenomenology in recently blind adults . Am J Psychiatry 127:1533-1539, 1971. 7. Berkow JW, Sugarman RG, Maumanee AE, et al: A retrospective study of blind diabetic patients . JAMA 193:867-872, 1965.Crossref 8. Daughaday W, Boniuk I: Diabetic retinopathy . JAMA 214:1867-1872, 1970.Crossref 9. Rogot E: Note on mortality among the diabetic blind . Public Health Rep 80:1025-1026, 1965.Crossref 10. Yalom E: The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy . New York, Basic Books Inc, 1970. 11. Bilodeau CB, Hackett TP: Issues raised in a group setting by patients recovering from myocardial infarction . Am J Psychiatry 128:105-110, 1971. 12. Dembo T, Leviton GL, Wright BA: Adjustment to misfortune: A problem of social-psychological rehabilitation . Artifi Limbs 3:3-39, 1956. 13. Thume K, Murphree OD: Acceptance of the white cane and hope for restoration of sight in blind persons as an indicator of adjustment . J Clin Psychol 17:208-209, 1961.Crossref 14. Lowery BJ, DuCette JP: Disease-related learning and disease control in diabetics as a function of locus of control . Nurs Res 25:358-362, 1976.Crossref 15. Fitzgerald R: Commentary . Med Asp Hum Sex 7:62, 1973. 16. Routh T: Psychotherapy as used in a rehabilitation centre for the blind . Indian J Soc Work 23:173-178, 1962. 17. Chodoff P: Adjustment to disability . J Chronic Dis 9:653-658, 1959.Crossref 18. Goffman E: Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity . Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice-Hall Inc, 1963. 19. Kubler-Ross E: Questions and Answers on Death and Dying . New York, Macmillan Publishing Co Inc, 1974. 20. Smith JH: Identificatory styles in depression and grief . Int J Psychoanal 52:259-264, 1971. 21. Wittkower E, Davenport RC: War blinded: Their emotional, social, and occupational situation . Psychosom Med 8:121-137, 1946.Crossref 22. Parkes CM: Separation anxiety: An aspect of the search for a lost object , in Lader MH: (ed): Studies of Anxiety . Special publication No. 3 of the British Journal of Psychiatry. Ashford, Kent, Great Britain, Headley Brothers Ltd, 1969. 23. Wilson E: Group therapy in a rehabilitation program . New Outlook 64:237-239, 1970. 24. Miles B: Social therapy for the elderly blind . Nurs Times 63:292-293, 1967. 25. Kubler-Ross E, Anderson JR: Psychotherapy with the least expected: Modified group therapy with blind clients . Rehabil Lit 29:73-76, 1968.

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Published: Apr 1, 1980

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