EFFECTIVENESS OF GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY IN A CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION

• NCJ Number: 7521
• Journal: American Journal of Psychiatry Volume: 129 Issue: 5 Dated: (NOVEMBER 1972) Pages: 602-605
• Author(s): C C JEW; T L CLANON
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 4 pages
• Corporate Author: American Psychiatric Assoc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

STUDY AT THE CALIFORNIA MEDICAL FACILITY OF THE EFFECT OF GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY ON 257 INMATES SUFFERING PERSONALITY AND CHARACTER DISORDERS.

Abstract

FINDINGS BASED ON PAROLE OUTCOME INDICATED THAT PATIENTS WHO HAD TREATMENT DID SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN CONTROLS AT ONE-YEAR FOLLOW-UP, BUT THE POSITIVE EFFECTS HAD DISAPPEARED AFTER FOUR YEARS. THIS SUGGESTS THE NEED FOR CRISIS INTERVENTION WITH PAROLEES WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THEIR FIRST YEAR ON PAROLE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROGRAM PROVIDING CONTINUITY OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE BETWEEN THE INSTITUTION AND THE COMMUNITY TO SUSTAIN THE GAINS MADE WITHIN THE INSTITUTION. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)