[Efficacy of cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy in combined treatment of patients with initial hypertensive encephalopathy].

To assess efficacy of cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy in patients with initial hypertensive encephalopathy, we made a study including 65 neurological patients. Of them, 35 patients received basic therapy plus cognitive-behavioral therapy, 25 patients were given basic therapy only. The results of the study demonstrate high therapeutic efficacy of cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy in combined treatment of patients with initial hypertensive encephalopathy. The highest effect was shown in anxious symptoms and high critical attitude of the patients to their negative emotions.