Objectives: To investigate the mental health of rheumatic diseases patients and explore the effect of psychotherapy for the mental health status in rheumatism inpatients. MethOds: 1. To compare the mental health status in rheumatism inpatients with normal by SCL-90 score. 2. 66 inpatients with rheumatism were recruited in the study and randomly divided into study group (n= 33) and control group (n= 33). The patients in the study group accepted psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy, and control group only accepted pharmacotherapy. 3. Six weeks later, the effect of psychotherapy to rheumatism inpatients were assessed by comparing the score of SCL-90 between the two groups. Results: 1. The SCL-90 score significantly increased in rheumatism inpatients group compared with normal group: rheumatism inpatients group (152.8±35.9) and normal group (129.9±38.7), (P< 0.05). 2. Six weeks later, the SCL-90 sore of study group was lower than that of control group. 3. The SCL-90 score significantly reduced after psychological treatment. cOnclusiOns: The mental health status of rheumatism patients can not be ignored, because the patients have varying degrees of mental psychotic symptoms. The psychotherapy can improve the mental health status in rheumatism patients and can help the recovery of the patients.
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