Although the psychotherapeutic treatment of people with schizophrenic psychoses has a long psychodynamic history, even in groups, it remains a marginal phenomenon in research. And although empirically based research on group psychotherapy has increased, particularly in the area of effectiveness research, the state of research lags far behind that of individual psychotherapy. The area of psychotherapy process research is completely underrepresented in group psychotherapy (Restek-Petrovic et al., 2016). There are a few studies that examine the effectiveness and psychotherapy processes of group psychotherapy for psychosis patients (especially schizophrenia patients). These come to the conclusion that group psychotherapy is particularly effective in the field of psychosis psychotherapy and should play an increasingly prominent role (Gonzáles de Chávez et al., 2000; Orfanos et al., 2015; Restek-Petrovic et al., 2016).
The project addresses this research gap - the aim of the study is to investigate the effectiveness and possible process parameters of outpatient psychodynamic group psychotherapy for psychosis patients and thus to support research on the specific and particular effectiveness of group psychotherapy for people with schizophrenia as described in the literature.
Original language: German, English
Alexia Kachramanouglou (IPU Berlin)
Dennis Didinger (IPU Berlin)
Mitra Onsori (Charité, cand med, Promovendin)
Meredith Stone (Perinatal Psychiatry and Women’s Mental Health, Royal Hospital for Women, Randwick, NSW, Australia; Hunter New England Local Health District, North Tamworth, NSW, Australia; IPU Berlin)
Cooperation Partners:
University Clinic Charité Berlin