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Table 1.

Psychoeducational and Cognitive Group Treatment in Psychiatric Disorders

Contents

Psychoeducation: Providing information about the illness and its treatment on the basis of the stress-vulnerability-coping model³

Symptom management, establishing rewarding activities

Recognizing and changing dysfunctional cognitions in illness and self-confidence

Relapse prevention

Programs

Ward-specific groups^a

Treatment-specific groups

Coping-orientated treatment in schizophrenia¹⁷

Cognitive-psychoeducational treatment in bipolar disorder¹⁸

Cognitive-psychoeducational treatment in depression¹⁹

Cognitive-psychoeducational treatment in elderly patients with depression^19,48

Metacognitive training³¹

Group for training eating habits in anorexia nervosa^49,50

Procedure

Treatment-specific groups

Group leader: 1 psychologist

Group members: 8–13 patients

Duration: 12 sessions, 2× a week, for 75–90 min

Treatment manual, information and work sheets, homework assignments, video-based supervision

Groups for relatives of patients with schizophrenia or affective disorders^17–19

Consulting hours for children of patients with psychiatric illness51

Ward-specific groups

Groups cover depression, schizophrenia, and substance abuse on illness-specific wards

The programs listed refer to 6 of 10 wards including patients with schizophrenia, mood disorders, mental, and behavioral disorders due to the use of psychoactive substances and an acute ward.

^aLimited weekly to n = 18 persons.

^bOnly if needed.