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A group-oriented inpatient CBT programme: a pilot study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2011

Katherine Lynch ,
Courtney Berry  and
Joanne Sirey
Katherine Lynch*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, White Plains, NY, USA
Courtney Berry
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, USA
Joanne Sirey
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, White Plains, NY, USA
*
*Author for correspondence: Dr K. Lynch, Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, 21 Bloomingdale Road, White Plains, NY 10605, USA. (email: [email protected])
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Abstract

The inpatient unit faces many challenges in the effort to deliver comprehensive psychiatric care to acutely ill patients with minimal lengths of stay. Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), a structured, problem-focused, time-limited form of treatment has been shown to be a promising intervention with the inpatient population. This paper describes a group-oriented inpatient CBT programme for women and reports pilot data on the experiences of 78 adult female patients. Repeated-measures ANOVAs revealed that participants exhibited improved psychosocial functioning from admission to discharge, with gains maintained at 1 month post-discharge. Partial correlations indicated that participation and engagement in CBT groups is related to improved functioning at discharge. Participants diagnosed with major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and psychotic disorders all evidenced similar positive treatment trajectories, suggesting that group-oriented CBT programming may be a useful addition to standard inpatient care.

Keywords

Group psychotherapyinpatient CBTtreatment outcomewomen's issues
Type
Service models and forms of delivery
Information
the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , March 2011 , pp. 38 - 51
Copyright
Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2011

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