Premium
Putting the Illness in Its Place: Discussion Groups for Families with Chronic Medical Illnesses
Author(s) -
GONZALEZ SANDRA,
STEINGLASS PETER,
REISS DAVID
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1989.00069.x
Subject(s) - psychosocial , intervention (counseling) , context (archaeology) , medicine , medical illness , psychology , psychiatry , psychotherapist , family medicine , illness behavior , paleontology , biology
A new psychosocial intervention for families and patients experiencing the chronic phase of a disabling medical illness is described. The intervention, a short‐term, highly structured, psychoeducationally oriented, multiple‐family discussion group (MFDG), was developed within the context of a clinical research program and has been successfully applied to a heterogeneous range of disabling medical illnesses. This report includes a detailed description of the treatment model, the format and content of group meetings, and initial clinical impressions regarding MFDG efficacy.