Enhancement of General Well-Being in Cancer Patients through Positive Therapy

From Coimbatore Cancer Foundation, Tamil Nadu, India, 32 cases with cancer were screened using Case Study Schedule (Natesan, 2006) and WHO General Well-being Index (WHO, 1998). It was found that the General Well-being of the entire sample was 'Poor'. The entire sample was affected by fear and most of the subjects (above 80%) suffered from worry and anger. The psychological intervention called, Positive Therapy (Natesan, 2004) was administered on the sample individually, involving one hour per session. Ten sessions were given over a period of 2 weeks, after which they were re-assessed using the same tools. The results also proved that 35% had developed 'Best' general well-being and 65%,'Moderate'.None of them had 'Poor' general well-being.There was a statistically significant increase in the mean general well-being after Positive Therapy, which also helped to bring down the negative emotions of the sample.