The Efficacy of Psychoeducational Group Therapy in Inpatients

ÇETİNKAYA DUMAN Z., Kocaman N., ÜÇOK V. A., Er F., Kanik T., Doganer M.

DUSUNEN ADAM-JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, cilt.19, sa.2, ss.64-71, 2006 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Dergi Adı: DUSUNEN ADAM-JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.64-71
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Chronic mental illness, psychoeducation, group therapy
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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: Differences 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.