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Group Therapy With Blind Diabetics
Judith Oehler-Giarratana, MS;
Roy G. Fitzgerald, MD
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1980;37(4):463-467.
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.
Author Affiliations
From Retina Associates, Boston (Ms Oehler-Giarratana), and the Department of Psychiatry, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia (Dr Fitzgerald).
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 13, 1978.
Reprint requests to Retina Associates, 100 Charles River Plaza, Cambridge St, Boston, MA 02114 (Ms Oehler-Giarratana).
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