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(Reference retrieved automatically from SciELO through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

The experience of public service users with group psychotherapy: a qualitative study

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Author(s):
Érica de Toledo Piza Peluso [1] ; Márcia Baruzzi [2] ; Sérgio Luís Blay [3]
Total Authors: 3
Affiliation:
[1] Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina. Departamento de Psiquiatria - Brasil
[2] Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina. Departamento de Psiquiatria - Brasil
[3] Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina. Departamento de Psiquiatria - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: Revista de Saúde Pública; v. 35, n. 4, p. 341-348, 2001-08-00.
Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess the experience of public service users in a time-limited psychotherapeutic group dynamic intervention. METHODS: Eleven patients were randomly selected from a group of 52 who had participated in an efficacy study and were interviewed in-depth. Their account was submitted to content analysis, according to the Grounded Theory methodology. RESULTS: In general, patients accepted well and positively evaluated the psychotherapy intervention. The main findings were the importance of patient's interaction with the group participants, and their therapeutic course after the intervention, when most of them carried on with psychotherapy. CONCLUSIONS: The psychotherapeutic intervention was well accepted among the patients, had a favorable outcome and stimulated them to proceed with psychotherapy. (AU)