Abstracts tagged "patient and social support"

Abstract Number: 2081 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The SLE Workshop: An Evaluation of a Long-Standing Hospital-Based Psychoeducational Program
Melissa T. Flores¹, Roberta Horton¹, Jillian A. Rose¹, Stephen A. Paget² and Michael Lockshin³, ¹Social Work Programs, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Division of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Barbara Volcker Center for Women & Rheumatic Disease, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: An evaluation was conducted of a monthly hospital-based psychoeducational support group, ongoing since 1985, for people with lupus. Each 2-hour session begins with a…