Psychother Psychosom. 1988 ; 50(3): 157-63.

Experiences in the psychotherapy of rheumatoid arthritis.

Lindberg N, Lindberg E.

National Institute of Occupational Health, Department of Occupational Medicine, Solna, Sweden.

According to the relevant literature, psychological factors may play an important role in the onset and clinical course of rheumatoid arthritis. This is the first study reported in which the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is based on such factors. Twenty-seven arthritics were treated psychotherapeutically and a close connection was seen between the course of the psychotherapy and the development of the somatic disease.