"Seizures have become a means of somehow learning things about myself" - A qualitative study of the development of self-efficacy and mastery during a psychotherapeutic intervention for people with epilepsy.

CONCLUSION: The qualitative differences observed before and after a psychotherapeutic intervention for individuals with epilepsy increase our understanding of the complex process of psychotherapy-associated change involving self-efficacy and mastery and highlight the contribution that qualitative research approaches can make.
PMID: 29803945 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Epilepsy and Behaviour - May 23, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Michaelis R, Niedermann C, Reuber M, Kuthe M, Berger B Tags: Epilepsy Behav Source Type: research