Therapeutic factors in a systemic multi-family group treatment for major depression: patients' and partners' perspectives

Autor: Ivan Eisler, Gilbert Lemmens, Koen Demyttenaere, Paul Dierick, Germain Lietaer
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Journal of Family Therapy. 31:250-269
ISSN: 1467-6427
0163-4445
Popis: This study investigated helpful and disturbing factors in multi-family groups with hospitalized, depressed patients and their family members. Both patients and their partners reported the occurrence of different therapeutic factors such as the cohesion of the group, different observational processes, and guidance from the therapist. The frequency of the therapeutic factors seemed to increase for both the patients and their partners as the group sessions progressed and several differences in reported therapeutic factors were found between the patients and their partners. A number of therapeutic factors such as modelling and guidance from the therapist were found to be related with improvement of depressive symptoms of the patient. The results help to provide some insight into which processes are important in multi-family group therapy for depression.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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