Background: Group psychotherapy improves therapeutic process, fosters identification with others, and increases illness awareness; (2) Methods: In 40 weekly group sessions held in an acute psychiatric ward during one year, we retrospectively evaluated the inpatients’ participation and the demographic and clinical variables of the individuals hospitalized in the ward, the group type according to Bion’s assumptions, the main narrative themes expressed, and the mentalization processes by using the Mentalization-Based Therapy-Group Adherence and Quality Scale (MBT-GAQS); (3) Results: The “working” group was the prevailing one, and the most represented narrative theme was “treatment programs”; statistically significant correlations were found between the group types according to Bion’s assumptions and the main narrative themes (Fisher’s exact, p = 0.007); at our multivariate linear regression, the MBT-G-AQS overall occurrence score (dependent variable) was positively correlated with the number of group participants (coef. = 14.87; p = 0.011) and negatively with the number of participants speaking in groups (coef. = −16.87, p = 0.025); (4) Conclusion: our study suggests that the group shows consistent defense mechanisms, relationships, mentalization, and narrative themes, which can also maintain a therapeutic function in an acute ward.

Group therapy with peer support provider participation in an acute psychiatric ward: 1-year analysis / DI LORENZO, Rosaria; Dʼamore, Jessica; Amoretti, Sara; Bonisoli, Jessica; Gualtieri, Federica; Ragazzini, Ilaria; Rovesti, Sergio; Ferri, Paola. - In: HEALTHCARE. - ISSN 2227-9032. - 11:20(2023), pp. 2-15. [10.3390/healthcare11202772]

Group therapy with peer support provider participation in an acute psychiatric ward: 1-year analysis

Rosaria Di Lorenzo
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Sara Amoretti;Jessica Bonisoli;Federica Gualtieri;Ilaria Ragazzini;Sergio Rovesti;Paola Ferri
2023

Abstract

Background: Group psychotherapy improves therapeutic process, fosters identification with others, and increases illness awareness; (2) Methods: In 40 weekly group sessions held in an acute psychiatric ward during one year, we retrospectively evaluated the inpatients’ participation and the demographic and clinical variables of the individuals hospitalized in the ward, the group type according to Bion’s assumptions, the main narrative themes expressed, and the mentalization processes by using the Mentalization-Based Therapy-Group Adherence and Quality Scale (MBT-GAQS); (3) Results: The “working” group was the prevailing one, and the most represented narrative theme was “treatment programs”; statistically significant correlations were found between the group types according to Bion’s assumptions and the main narrative themes (Fisher’s exact, p = 0.007); at our multivariate linear regression, the MBT-G-AQS overall occurrence score (dependent variable) was positively correlated with the number of group participants (coef. = 14.87; p = 0.011) and negatively with the number of participants speaking in groups (coef. = −16.87, p = 0.025); (4) Conclusion: our study suggests that the group shows consistent defense mechanisms, relationships, mentalization, and narrative themes, which can also maintain a therapeutic function in an acute ward.
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Group therapy with peer support provider participation in an acute psychiatric ward: 1-year analysis / DI LORENZO, Rosaria; Dʼamore, Jessica; Amoretti, Sara; Bonisoli, Jessica; Gualtieri, Federica; Ragazzini, Ilaria; Rovesti, Sergio; Ferri, Paola. - In: HEALTHCARE. - ISSN 2227-9032. - 11:20(2023), pp. 2-15. [10.3390/healthcare11202772]
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