Structured Group Intervention for Psychiatric Patients With Social Conflicts: a Consideration of Psychiatric and Legal LabelingA structured programme was organized to address the high rate of legal conflicts among our in-patient population, the personal problems (e.g., denial) and practical problems (...
The group activities for psychotic patients offered at the Rho Psychiatric Operative Unit (POU) have been broadly limited to young patients under care at the day center. Only patients of residential communities have participated in the group activities, which were, in any case, meant for them ...
The total environment or milieu is regarded as the medium of therapy, all interactions and activities regarded as potentially therapeutic and are subject to exploration and interpretation, and are explored in daily or weekly community meetings[14] A form of group therapy has been reported to be ...
Physical exercise naturally treats psychiatric patients: Study After a while M (the second group therapist) would phone and say 'Hi this is M from the... When virtuous ('deugsame') women flee: a reflection on dread and flight in group therapy in one South African setting After a long tim...
Psychiatric comorbidity is associated prospectively with diminished opioid analgesia and increased opioid misuse in patients with chronic low back pain. Anesthesiology. 2015;123(4):861-872. doi:10.1097/ALN.0000000000000768 PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 31. Lawrence R, Mogford D, Colvin ...
In occupational therapy the activity group is a treatment tool that often addresses playful creative occupations/activities. In spite of its frequent use in psychiatric occupational therapy, the events and mechanisms of the activity group are still only rarely theoretically grounded. This paper presents...
As increasing attention is given to the practice of group psychotherapy with sexually abused children, clinicians are using games and activities designed to address issues related to sexual abuse and its prevention. This paper describes how specific games and activities can be used in group therapy ...
Only one-third of the patients (138 of 419 [32.9%]) had never undergone psychiatric or psychotherapeutic outpatient treatment. The majority (277 of 419 [66.1%]) fulfilled criteria for at least 1 current or remitted Axis I disorder; 75 of 419 (17.9%) fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for ...
It takes into account the various aspects of disability - cognition, mobility, personal care, social communication and interaction, daily life activities, and societal engagement [7]. It was developed as a cross-culturally adaptable scale of health status and QOL, specifically to measure functioning...
In order to assess the religious beliefs and practices of psychiatric patients, a self- report questionnaire was developed. The questionnaire was administered to 73 psychiatric patients and 25 non-psychiatric controls. Older age, membership of an ethnic minority and the presence of psychiatric disorder...