The Role of Psychodynamic Group Therapy in the Treatment of the Combat Veteran

1984 ◽  
pp. 153-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erwin Randolph Parson
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Combat Veteran ◽  
Psychodynamic Group Therapy

scholarly journals A pilot study of clonazepam versus psychodynamic group therapy plus clonazepam in the treatment of generalized social anxiety disorder

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 567-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Z. Knijnik ◽  
Carlos Blanco ◽  
Giovanni Abrahão Salum ◽  
Carolina U. Moraes ◽  
Clarissa Mombach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Group Therapy ◽  
Social Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Treatment Strategies ◽  
World Health ◽  
Global Functioning ◽  
Psychodynamic Group Therapy ◽  
Efficacy Measures ◽  
Health Organization

AbstractBackgroundBoth psychodynamic group therapy (PGT) and clonazepam are used as treatment strategies in reducing symptoms of generalized social anxiety disorder (GSAD). However, many individuals remain symptomatic after treatment with PGT or clonazepam.MethodFifty-eight adult outpatients with a diagnosis of GSAD according to DSM-IV were randomized to 12 weeks PGT plus clonazepam or clonazepam. The Clinical Global Impression-Improvement (CGI-I) Scale was the primary efficacy measure. Secondary efficacy measures included the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) total score, the World Health Organization Instrument to Assess Quality of Life—Brief (WHOQOL-Bref) Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).ResultsCGI-I data from 57 patients (intent-to-treat population) showed that patients who received PGT plus clonazepam presented significantly greater improvement than those who received clonazepam (P = 0.033). There were no significant differences between the two groups in the secondary efficacy measures.ConclusionsOur study suggests that the combination of PGT with clonazepam may be a promising strategy for the treatment of GSAD, regarding gains in the global functioning. However the present study failed to detect more specific changes in social anxiety symptomatology between the two groups.

Setting up a Ward-Based Group Therapy Programme for Psychiatric Inpatients

1988 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Miller ◽  
Debby Matthews
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Psychiatric Admission ◽  
Planning Phase ◽  
Admission Ward ◽  
Therapy Intervention ◽  
Therapy Programme ◽  
Made In

This article describes the steps involved in planning and running a group therapy intervention on an acute psychiatric admission ward. A model of group therapy based on the work of Yalom was adopted as the basis for a series of planning meetings, during which the viability of the intervention in the authors' particular setting was assessed. Following the planning phase, the group ran successfully and an example of a typical session's structure is discussed in some detail in the second part of this article. Some comments about the role of occupational therapists within psychiatry are made in the light of the authors' experience.

Trauma Group Therapy: The Role of Attachment and Therapeutic Alliance

2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karina P. M. Zorzella ◽  
Robert T. Muller ◽  
Catherine C. Classen
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Therapeutic Alliance ◽  
Trauma Group

Group Therapy Trainees’ Social Learning and Interpersonal Awareness: The Role of Cohesion in Training Groups

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-76
Author(s):  
D. Martin Kivlighan ◽  
Marie C. Adams ◽  
Ashlie Obrecht ◽  
J. Y. Cindy Kim ◽  
Brianna Ward ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning ◽  
Group Therapy ◽  
Training Groups ◽  
Interpersonal Awareness

Crisis and Confrontation

1968 ◽  
Vol 114 (507) ◽  
pp. 169-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maxwell Jones ◽  
Paul Polak
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Therapeutic Community ◽  
Individual Psychotherapy ◽  
Community Practice ◽  
Individual Interview ◽  
Therapeutic Tool ◽  
Living Situation ◽  
The Individual

It is part of the magical aura of the physician that he must have some omnipotent tool with which he dramatically makes patients better. In individual psychotherapy the individual interview and the interpretation, like the surgeon's scalpel, provides such an omnipotent instrument. In therapeutic community practice it is often group therapy in the form of the daily ward meeting and the review that plays the role of the omnipotent therapeutic tool. But in our opinion it is the daily living situation and not the formally organized therapeutic meeting which provides the greatest potential for learning and growth on the part of patients and staff. We have found the crisis situation and its resolution to be potentially the most useful of these daily living situations.

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