Aspectos psicológicos de pacientes com lúpus eritematoso sistêmico: uma revisão

Abstract

This review study about psychological aspects of patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematusus (SLE)has the intention to show to the mental health professionals that there is a need of complementing the approach to the SLE patients, and that there are new applicable interventions, from prevention to rehabilitation of these patients. As this disease is multifactorial and chronic, the health professionals have to be aware of neurologic, psyquiatric, psychossomatic and psychologic aspects, but also of the full context of the patient, as social, cultural, economic, biologic and spiritual condition, according to the definition of health of World Health Organization. We show that many studies about patients with SLE conclude that the multidisciplinary treatment should be provided to these patients.