Group Psychotherapy for Parents of Patients with Schizophrenia
| Autor: | Sanja Martić-Biočina, E.N. Gruber, Mark Agius, Milka Kajević |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Parents Psychotherapist medicine.medical_treatment media_common.quotation_subject Anger Trust Group psychotherapy 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Expressed emotion Psychological testing 030212 general & internal medicine Parent-Child Relations Social Behavior Aged media_common Social Support Middle Aged Psychodynamics Mental health 030227 psychiatry Affect Psychiatry and Mental health Psychotherapy Group Schizophrenia Female Psychology Psychopathology |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 52:487-500 |
| ISSN: | 1741-2854 0020-7640 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0020764006066826 |
| Popis: | Background: During a four-month period, the authors provided group psychotherapy combining psychodynamic, supportive and psycho-educational approaches. The aim was to investigate whether this approach would enable parents of patients with schizophrenia to re-establish their psychic balance and the balance of the whole family system by reducing high expressed emotion. Methods: The following tools were administered: a socio-cultural questionnaire, MMPI and PIE psychological tests and two questionnaires for group evaluation. Results: The socio-cultural questionnaire showed that the group of parents is heterogeneous. MMPI profiles showed truthful answers and well organized thinking; there were no psychopathological symptoms. The PIE test showed increased dimensions of sociability and trust. The dimensions of fear, sorrow and anger were decreased. Combinations of primary emotions (marked sociability and high self-protection) show that the parents are cautious, responsible and tend to feel guilt. The parents evaluated the group work as interesting and helpful and the group as a place where the parents can overcome the stigma of the disease that affects them, get information, find help and friends and find a way out of their social isolation. Conclusion: This combined approach changes the emotional profile of parents, reduces high expressed emotions (fear, sorrow and anger) in parents and helps re-establish their psychic balance and the balance of the whole family system. |
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