Resocialization of Schizophrenic Patients in Psychotherapeutic Groups - 10 Years' Experience at a Psychiatrie Out-patient Department

Overview

The author describes a method of psychotherapeutic group therapy of schizophrenic patients by rehabilitation psychotherapy which she has practised with a nurse in her surgery for 10 years. There are three groups, they are open, are held once a month and comprise 5-9 subjects. Techniques: warming-up exercise, ball games, training individual motor coordination, training coordination of whole group, training verbal skill and communicating abilities, performing sketches, assertivity training, active musicotherapy. The objective is to act against symptoms of the schizophrenic personality defect. The mentioned techniques potentiate the action of drugs, in particular atypical antipsychotic drugs and modem antidepressants. They create thus a suitable therapeutic komplex.

Key words:
schizophrenia -. group psychotherapy - rehabilitation psychotherapy - musicotherapy - ball games - cognitive functions.