Controlled Research in Supportive Psychotherapy

Conte, Hope R.; Plutchik, Robert

doi:10.3928/0048-5713-19860901-09

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“…On the other hand, it improved the ADL skills and social integration activities of participants in medication therapy that had no main effect on the ADL skills. In this respect, the study confirmed the recent tendency in psychosocial rehabilitation to favor a combination of various modes of therapy (Conte & Blanche, 1986). Further research is needed to test whether the benefits last over time.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

The rehabilitation of persons with severe mental illness in adult homes: The NYPCC study.

Rimmerman¹,

Finn²,

Schnee³

et al. 1992

Psychosocial Rehabilitation Journal

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In three adult homes in New York, 617 clients suffering from severe mental illness were studied comprehensively and over a period o f 6 months with respect to their hospitalization rates, symptomatology, social integration activities, therapeutic goals, and activities o f daily living skills. Aside from a slight increase in the rehospitalization rates due to changes in the balance between terminators and newcomers, positive gains were reported in all out com e measures, especially among participants o f the token economy program.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

The rehabilitation of persons with severe mental illness in adult homes: The NYPCC study.

Rimmerman¹,

Finn²,

Schnee³

et al. 1992

Psychosocial Rehabilitation Journal

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“…Supportive psychotherapy, although intuitively appealing in descriptive reports (9), has been the subject of only a few experimental studies in schizophrenia (10). All studies suffered methodologic problems, but the best-designed trial (11) demonstrated positive effects on recidivism and role performance for supportive psychotherapy compared with an insight-oriented approach.…”

Section: F O C U Smentioning

confidence: 99%

Three-Year Trials of Personal Therapy Among Schizophrenic Patients Living With or Independent of Family, I: Description of Study and Effects on Relapse Rates

Hogarty¹,

Kornblith²,

Greenwald³

et al. 2004

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The study of individual psychotherapeutic approaches to the treatment of schizophrenia has yielded equivocal findings, partly because of methodologic problems. Further, the ability of psychosocial treatments to prevent psychotic relapse appears to lessen over time. The authors' goal was to develop and test a demonstrably effective individual therapy for schizophrenia. Method: Using a study design that addressed previous methodologic issues, the authors evaluated personal therapy specifically designed to forestall late relapse in patients with schizophrenia. They evaluated the effectiveness of personal therapy over a period of 3 years after hospital discharge among 151 patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder diagnosed according to Research Diagnostic Criteria. The patients were randomly assigned to receive either personal therapy or contrasting therapies in one of two concurrent trials. One trial studied patients who were living with family (N=97); the other studied patients who were living independent of family (N=54). Results: All of the patients had extensive psychiatric histories, but only 44 (29%) experienced recurrent psychotic episodes over the 3-year study period, and only 27 (18%) prematurely terminated the study; most of those who left the study were in the nopersonal-therapy conditions. Among patients living with family, personal therapy was more effective than family and supportive therapies in preventing psychotic and affective relapse as well as noncompliance. However, among patients living independent of family, those who received personal therapy had significantly more psychotic decompensations than did those who received supportive therapy. Conclusions: Personal therapy had a positive effect on adverse outcomes among patients who lived with family. However, personal therapy increased the rate of psychotic relapse for patients living independent of family. The application of personal therapy might best be delayed until patients have achieved symptom and residential stability.

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“…Although resource issues have prevented most of the severely mentally ill persons from routinely receiving intensive psychotherapy, consumers and policy makers currently doubt the need for intensive psychotherapy (Mosher & Keith, 1980; Spaniol & Zipple, 1988). The current treatment recommendation, supported by some research, is longterm supportive psychotherapy combined with the minimum amount of medication needed (Conte & Plutchik, 1986; Hogarty, Goldberg, & Schooler, 1974; Hogarty, et al, 1979). Supportive psychotherapy, as contrasted to intensive psychotherapy, is designed to help the person learn basic problem solving skills and work on day-to-day, practical issues in the context of a caring, accepting relationship (Neligh & Kinzie, 1983).…”

Section: Mental Health Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Research on community support services: What have we learned.

Anthony¹,

Blanch²

1989

Psychosocial Rehabilitation Journal

113

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This article reports the results of a comprehensive review of published literature related to the essential components of a CSS. Each component is analyzed with respect to its documented need, effective intervention strategies, and cost. The need for the types of services and supports initially conceptualized as a CSS in the mid-1970s has been well documented. Also, prior research has now set the stage for large-scale, long-term, experimental studies of measurable, replicable CSS-type interventions.There is a developing base of research relevant to community support systems (CSS). Reviews of a variety of research studies have reported that persons with severe and long-term mental illness can be helped in the community without undergoing long-term hospitalization (

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Controlled Research in Supportive Psychotherapy

Cited by 9 publications

References 22 publications

The rehabilitation of persons with severe mental illness in adult homes: The NYPCC study.

The rehabilitation of persons with severe mental illness in adult homes: The NYPCC study.

Three-Year Trials of Personal Therapy Among Schizophrenic Patients Living With or Independent of Family, I: Description of Study and Effects on Relapse Rates

Research on community support services: What have we learned.

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