title: Psychoeducation program on strategies for coping with stress in patients with temporomandibular joint dysfunction.
abstract: Lack of educational projects in the available literature was an inspiration to develop a psychoeducational program. The objective was to provide patients with basic information on the contribution of stressors in the occurrence of temporomandibular joint dysfunction and educate on methods for coping with stress most commonly used in psychology. In the course of three meetings, patients are familiarised with the issue of experienced stress as a potential source of psychosomatic illnesses (in particular, temporomandibular joint dysfunction). Preliminary patients' opinions, expressed through self-report methods, indicate significant usefulness of the developed psychoeducational program for the process of treatment and the quality of patients' lives.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Psychology, Chair of Psychiatry, Jagiellonian University, Medical Collage, 21a Kopernika Street, 31-501 Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-0117-1050
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Biegańska
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Prosthetics, Consulting Room of Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction, Jagiellonian University, Medical Collage, 4 Montelupich Street, 31-155 Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: M
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-2670-966X
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pihut
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000628:therapy*; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*