Group Psychotherapy for Parents of Patients with Schizophrenia

Abstract

This combined approach changes the emotional profile of parents, reduces high expressed emotions (fear, sorrow and anger) in parents and helps re-establish their psychic balance and the balance of the whole family system.

Satisfied Carers of Persons With Enduring Mental Illness: Who and Why?

“…In agreement with previous research (Cassidy et al, 2001;Gruber et al, 2006), this study suggests that suitable family support programmes can help carers to establish accepting and unintrusive relationships with their ill relatives, which may assist the rehabilitation of persons with mental illness. Indeed, the study participants who spoke about helpful family support programmes reported higher PRADLI scores of ill relatives than other participants.…”

“…Availability of family therapy or peer support groups may also influence carer satisfaction with family support services. For example, parents of persons diagnosed with schizophrenia who participated in group psychotherapy found it beneficial as it helped them to overcome stigma and re-establish of the psychological balance in the family (Gruber et al ., 2006).…”

Effects of a Sociodrama-based Communication Enhancement Program on Mothers of Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Pilot Study

“…Although no previous study has indicated the direct effects of a sociodrama intervention on overall parenting burden, sociodrama was effective in reducing depression in a study on the mothers of students receiving special needs education [28], encouraging participants to perceive, control, and express their own anxiety [46]. Similarly, sociodrama was efficient in alleviating parents' negative emotions, such as anger, anxiety, and sadness, in a study on the parents of patients with schizophrenia [47]. In a study on the mothers of children with neurodevelopmental disorders, an action methods-based program reduced the mothers' anxiety and depression [31], and informal support from people in their surroundings reduced parenting burden for the parents of children with neurodevelopmental disorders [7].…”

La psicoterapia de orientación psicodinámicaen el tratamiento integral de pacientescon esquizofrenia y sus familias

“…Hoy en día se ha difundido la necesidad de emplear modelos interdisciplinarios para el tratamiento de la esquizofrenia, privilegiando intervenciones que cuenten con un equipo terapéutico que trabaje desde diferentes disciplinas, como la psicología, psiquiatría, trabajo social, terapia ocupacional, enfermería, entre otras (Uribe-Restrepo, Mora y Cortés-Rodríguez, 2007). Gruber et al (2006) realizaron un estudio con un grupo de padres de hijos diagnosticados con esquizofrenia, quienes fueron tratados psicoterapéuticamente desde el enfoque psicodinámico y psicoeducativo y cuyo objetivo fue "investigar si este enfoque permitiría a los padres de los pacientes con esquizofrenia restablecer su equilibrio psíquico y el equilibrio de todo el sistema familiar al reducir la alta emoción expresada" (p. 487). Los resultados arrojaron que la psicoeducación proporciona a las familias, además de lo que ha sido descrito anteriormente, un "foro donde pueden hacer preguntas, expresar sus preocupaciones y encontrar apoyo emocional, lo que permite a las familias expresar sus sentimientos.…”