According to a 2008 BBC report, Washington, D.C., patients who journaled about their illness felt better, with up to 49% reporting improvments in their attitudes.
"Expressive writing" and "writing clinicians" seems to shift negative feelings about leukaemia or lymphoma diagnoses.
The trick seems to be writing about feelings, not just facts.
For more information, log onto http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7304294.stm.
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