In addition, thirty-five females and thirty-two males participated in the investigation by Auerbach that was related to the relationship of social support, stress, and similar symptoms during their treatment of genital herpes infection. In this regard, two standard deviations were approached by the level of emotional dysfunction during the comparison with the pain and repeated intervals of virus that were associated with the abovementioned level.
In the result, it was evaluated that psychopathology was discrete with the negative life stress, and the duration of symptoms was only associated with it. It was indicated by the analyses related to the deterioration that a peripheral locus of control course was associated with the repetition that was occurring in higher frequencies, and was creating discomfort in the patients adversely. Moreover, patients did not implement cognitive approaches for the handling of stress that was the outcome of the infection, and rather, depended on the thinking that was focused on the emotions of these patients.
Thus, one of the most effective strategies for the treatment of stress was suggested during the study that social support should be provided to the support, and detailed information regarding the infection, as well as, its treatment should be provided to the patients. (Auerbach, 1986) Now, this paper will discuss another study by Mindel that was related with the same Herpes virus. During this study, it was confirmed that psychological, as well as, psychosexual morbidity is one of the major outcomes of the genital Herpes infection.
In the result, stress, reduction in self-esteem, torture, etc. were some of the responses from the suffering patients. Moreover, it was found out that women were more exposed with these responses, as compared with the male patients. Furthermore, significant morbidity was observed in the patients with first episode genital herpes, as compared with the patients that were having repeated occurrences of the infection, and were regular attendees of the clinics. (Mindel, 1996)
In the past, it was a belief that repetition could be speed up by the stressful events in a human life. However, it has been suggested by recent studies that emotional stress is caused usually by the repetitive occurrences, which is quite diverse with the previous ideology. In this regard, a number of evidences have been collected during the studies that have shown that recurrence rates can be affected by the premorbid personality; however, it has also been proved with evidences that personality is often affected by the frequent repetitions in the patients.
It was also found out that the psychological morbidity is reduced significantly by the acyclovir repression that occurs on a long-term basis. Furthermore, a number of researches have proved that recurrent genital herpes can be treated on a long-term basis by the implementation of a long-term acyclovir therapy with the patients. Moreover, factors of genital herpes have been assessed by another team of Psychosom. In addition, the impact of psychological therapy on the patients was also investigated during this study.
In this regard, structured discussions for around five weeks was participated by sixteen patients suffering from the genital herpes, whereas, some of them participated in the cognitive restructuring therapy within a group. Specifically, pretreatment, post treatment, and follow-up of three months was regarded for the administering of frequency of repetition, stress, loneliness, and several other measures of approach related to the herpes infection in the patients.
During this study, daily reports were made and provided by the patients themselves, and thus, herpes symptoms, anxiety, stress, and other similar information was collected in this study. It was found out that stress and abovementioned loneliness was not reduced by the therapy, which was not expected by the experts. However, repetition of scratches and lesions was reduced by the CR procedure in the patients.