Conjoint therapy: a cooperative psychotherapeutic-optometric approach to therapy

Optometrists often see patients who have psychological problems as well as visual problems. These patients are often referred to other disciplines for appropriate care. Although it is recognized that visual problems and emotional problems affect each other, after the appropriate referral very little interdisciplinary interaction occurs. The authors believe that this interaction--Conjoint Therapy--is frequently crucial for the successful remediation of the patient's emotional problem as well as his visual problem. They present in this report, just such a case with an anecdotal abstract from the psychological as well as the visual therapy reports.