People with long term conditions including
- Cardiology
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Diabetes
- Pain
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / ME
- Arthritis
- Sickle Cell and other genetic disorders
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Headache and other neurological conditions
- Stroke
may benefit from psychological therapies, with improved outcomes for their physical condition as well as their mental health.
Experts in Long Term Conditions, working together as a Special Interest Group, have produced a short Positive Practice Guide in the subject available at http://www.iapt.nhs.uk/services/positive-practice-guides/