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Journal Writing Treatment Report
See also: Creative Writing/Poetry
What is Journal Writing? A journal is a continued series of writings by a person in response to their life experiences and events. Diaries contain a description of daily events. A journal may include those descriptions, but it also contains reflections on what took place and expresses emotions and understandings about them.
Reasons used
232 patients in the community are using or have used Journal Writing.
Top 10 (Show all)
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Treat my mood condition(s) | 65 | 28% |
| Other | 38 | 16% |
| Depression | 31 | 13% |
| General health | 23 | 9% |
| Support another treatment | 14 | 6% |
| Memory problems | 11 | 4% |
| Don't know | 4 | 1% |
| Feeling guilty | 2 | <1% |
| Self-expression | 1 | <1% |
| Anxiety and fear | 1 | <1% |
Other treatments patients are using for Treat my mood condition(s) include Bupropion, Lamotrigine, and Venlafaxine.
Schedules
Based on the patients currently using Journal Writing.
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Duration
How long current patients have been using Journal Writing or how long patients were using Journal Writing before stopping.
Currently Using Journal Writing
Stopped Using Journal Writing
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 31 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 29% | 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 50% | 7 |
| Slight | 14% | 2 |
| Can't tell | 7% | 1 |
Treat my mood condition(s)
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 3% | 1 |
| None | 97% | 30 |
Top reported side-effects include: Stress/anxiety, Anxiety, tiredness
Summary results are based on 31 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 31)
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- fragiletruth
- Sex: F
- Depression: 0
- Emotional: 0
- Compulsion: 0
- Anxiety: 0
- Mania: 2
- Physical: 0
- External Stress: Low
- 24 F
- Function: High
- Distress: Low
- See profile
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by fragiletruth
Aug 18, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsNone
- General health
- Advice/Tips
- I've been journaling for over 10 years. I find that as I write, it focuses my thoughts, and I can often reveal truths to myself that I wanted to hide from. Journaling also allows me to see patterns in my thought processes and in where I was in mentally at different times, which helped me find a diagnosis that wasn't just 'depression'.
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- b3ck
- Sex: F
- Depression: 1
- Emotional: 2
- Compulsion: 2
- Anxiety: 3
- Mania: 4
- Physical: 2
- External Stress: Overwhelming
- 30 F
- Function: High
- Distress: Moderate
- See profile
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by b3ck
Aug 19, 2008
- EfficacyModerate
- Side-effectsNone
- Treat my mood condition(s)
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
Report created on November 07, 2009.