Managing Hot Flushes with Group Cognitive Behaviour Therapy by Myra Hunter

Managing Hot Flushes with Group Cognitive Behaviour Therapy by Myra Hunter

Myra Hunter and Melanie Smith have developed a pioneering group treatment for women going through the menopause. The evidence-based manual draws on their research which has demonstrated, in randomised controlled trials, that group CBT effectively reduces the impact of hot flushes and night sweats. The treatment is effective for women going through a natural menopause and for women who have had cancer treatment.

"I was so exhausted with the menopause that I started taking more and more days off workAfter I took part in the Group CBT I had fewer night sweats, my sleep was less disturbed and I began to have more energy. One of the most helpful things was learning about the physiology of the flushes, and realising I wasn’t having some sort of psychological problem but something everyone experiences. Now I’m back at work and if I have a flush I breathe through it and tell myself it will pass. It’s just not a problem any more. I think CBT should be free on the NHS." - Lynne, who attended the Group CBT programme.

"Myra Hunter has dedicated her career to working in women’s health and, with Melanie Smith, has spent many years developing and testing the efficacy of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) as an intervention to help women during midlife. They have gained considerable knowledge and expertise in this area, identifying what women find helpful and honing the intervention. They have delivered courses to many groups of women who have benefited from this approach to menopause management and have now pooled this expertise into a manual for other health professionals." From the Foreword - Dr Deborah Fenlon, Senior Lecturer, University of Southampton, Clinical Advisor for Breast Cancer Care and Chair of the National Cancer Research Institute Clinical Studies Group for breast cancer working party on symptom management (vasomotor).

"I was so exhausted with the menopause that I started taking more and more days off work. After I took part in the Group CBT I had fewer night sweats, my sleep was less disturbed and I began to have more energy. One of the most helpful things was learning about the physiology of the flushes, and realising I wasn’t having some sort of psychological problem but something everyone experiences. Now I’m back at work and if I have a flush I breathe through it and tell myself it will pass. It’s just not a problem any more. I think CBT should be free on the NHS." - Lynne, who attended the Group CBT programme

"Myra Hunter has dedicated her career to working in women’s health and, with Melanie Smith, has spent many years developing and testing the efficacy of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) as an intervention to help women during midlife. They have gained considerable knowledge and expertise in this area, identifying what women find helpful and honing the intervention. They have delivered courses to many groups of women who have benefited from this approach to menopause management and have now pooled this expertise into a manual for other health professionals." From the Foreword - Dr Deborah Fenlon, Senior Lecturer, University of Southampton, Clinical Advisor for Breast Cancer Care and Chair of the National Cancer Research Institute Clinical Studies Group for breast cancer working party on symptom management (vasomotor).

Myra Hunter is Professor of Clinical Health Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. She has worked in the area of women’s health for over 30 years and has over 150 publications including six books. Her research on menopause has established her as an international expert in the field. Melanie Smith is a clinical psychologist, who has specialised in helping people to manage physical health conditions using cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT). She researched and provided the CBT for women with hot flushes in the MENOS trials at King’s College London and is currently with Salford Pain Centre, Manchester.

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ISBN 13	9781138026155
ISBN 10	1138026158
Titel	Managing Hot Flushes with Group Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Autor	Myra Hunter
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	2014-12-19
Seitenanzahl	206
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