A group experience with parents of hemophiliacs: A viable alternative to group therapy

Psychosocial Adaptation of the Haemophilic Child and Adolescent

“…Interna tionally, over the past decade a general intensification of the use of psychological aid measures for the chronically afflicted, involving group experiences, has taken place, also making inroads into the treat ment of haemophiliacs and their families. Currently, the only reports available deal with parental group work involving the pro vision of information about the disease, aids in dealing with behavioural problems, ex plaining psychological reactions to the dis ease and the increased use of group-therapy approaches to reflecting on personal feelings [Mattson and Agle, 1972;Saunders and Lamb, 1977]. This development is a reflec tion of a growing readiness to employ aids that can -due to their empirical and practi cal orientation -be easily integrated into multi-dimensional treatment systems.…”