The Efficacy of Psychoeducational Group Therapy in Inpatients
Zekiye Çetinkaya Duman, Nazmiye Kocaman, Alp Üçok, Filiz Er, Türkan Kanık, Melek Doğaner
Article No:
1
Article Type :
Research
Objective: Patients with chronic mental diseases experience difficulties in the management of their illness and in maintaining their care. This results in relapses and rehospitalizations.
The aim of this study is to measure the effectiveness of a psycho-educational group program for inpatients.
Method: A psycho-educational program was applied to 46 patients for 10 months.
Results: D ıfferences between the pre and post scores were statistically significant. (P<0.05). In addition, scores on managing the illness, medication, prodromes and developing a crisis plan were also found to be significantly different (P<0.01). There were no differences in knowledge points according to sex and diagnosis.
Keywords :
Chronic mental illness, psychoeducation, group therapy
Dusunen Adam : The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences :
2006;19:64-67
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