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Psychological Transformation by an Intervention to Facilitate Benefit Finding Among People With Chronic Mental Illness in J apan
Author(s) -
Chiba Rie,
Miyamoto Yuki,
Harada Naoko
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/ppc.12110
Subject(s) - mental illness , intervention (counseling) , psychology , mental health , clinical psychology , psychological intervention , psychiatry , medicine
Purpose This study aimed to preliminarily explore the psychological transformation effected by a newly developed intervention program for facilitating benefit finding among individuals with chronic mental illness in Japan. Design and Methods An intervention study with three weekly group sessions was implemented, and qualitative data on the participants' experience of benefit finding were obtained by a questionnaire survey and analyzed using content analysis technique. Findings Of the 31 participants, 23 responded that they realized some sort of benefit finding through the intervention. Practice Implications The program component in question may contribute to enhanced benefit finding for people with chronic mental illness while longitudinal studies involving more participants are desirable.