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A Multi-Modal Treatment for Incest Survivors: Preliminary Outcome Data.
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Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy . Oct96, Vol. 3 Issue 3, p208-219. 12p. 2 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 1996
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Abstract
- This paper describes a pilot study of a 1-year multi-modal treatment for incest survivors, incorporating individual psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, and pharmacotherapy. The treatment was designed to provide a therapeutic context in which the affective intensity and meaning originally attached to the traumatic experience could be tolerated, and in which a thoughtful, reflective construction of the impact of the trauma could be developed. PTSD symptoms decreased in all participants, with all but one no longer meeting the diagnosis at post-treatment and follow-up. Using a narrative methodology, maladaptive schemas and overwhelming affects, 'trauma themes', were also assessed to understand the survivors' views about themselves, others and the world around them. Participants demonstrated a steady pattern of improvement in the resolution of trauma themes. A discussion of the complex posttraumatic response to incest is included, as is a brief description of the treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *THERAPEUTICS
*PSYCHOTHERAPY
*DRUG therapy
*DIAGNOSIS
*METHODOLOGY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10633995
- Volume :
- 3
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22570032
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0879(199609)3:3<208::AID-CPP103>3.0.CO;2-R