Group Psychotherapy

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Group Psychotherapy

• Interactive gathering of patients
• 5-10 people
• Basis of Benefits (Yalom)
• Instilling hope
• Universality
• Altruism
• Corrective recapitulation of the primary group
• Developing socializing techniques
• Interpersonal learning
• Group cohesiveness

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Group Psychotherapy

• Cognitive-Behavioral Structured Learning Groups
• Empirically driven
• Individual or group

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Group Psychotherapy

• Self-help groups
• AA
• Constructive reframing of the problem
• Removing the stigma
• Criticisms

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Group Psychotherapy

• Psychoeducation
• Medical Disorders

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Consequences for inadequate Community Mental
Health

• Mental disorders are the health conditions that
  most inhibit work
• Psychological difficulties account for more work
  absenteeism
• Depressed workers were more likely to take
  disability days off work than nondepressed
  workers
• Mental health problems cost US 80 billion in
  income
• People with psychological problems report more
  visits to PCP than those w/o such