Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Expressive writing for high-risk drug dependent patients in a primary care clinic: A pilot study | Harm Reduction Journal BioMed Central Research Expressive writing for high-risk drug dependent patients in a primary care clinic A pilot study Karen A Baikie 1 Kay Wilhelm1 Beverley Johnson2 Mary Boskovic2 Lucinda Wedgwood1 Adam Finch1 and Gail Huon3 Open Access Address 1School of Psychiatry Black Dog Institute University of New South Wales Sydney NSW Australia 2School of Psychology University of New South Wales Sydney NSW Australia and 3The Graduate Research School The Australian National University Canberra ACT Australia Email Karen A Baikie - Kay Wilhelm - kwilhelm@ Beverley Johnson - Mary Boskovic - Lucinda Wedgwood - LWedgwood@ Adam Finch - AdamF@ Gail Huon - Corresponding author Published 19 November 2006 Received 05 September 2005 Accepted 19 November 2006 Harm Reduction Journal 2006 3 34 doi l477-75l7-3-34 This article is available from http content 3 l 34 2006 Baikie et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract__ Background Previous research has shown that expressive writing is beneficial in terms of both physical and emotional health outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness and acceptability of a brief expressive writing intervention for high-risk drug dependent patients in a primary care clinic and to determine the relationship between linguistic features of writing and health outcomes. Methods Participants completed four l5-minute expressive writing tasks over a week in which they described their thoughts and feelings .
