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Extended groupality and relationship building How to deinstitutionalize institutions

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This article presents the work carried out in a Therapeutic Community in a suburb of Rome. In particular, it describes significant group interventions such as: multi-family group psychoanalysis, the “hearing voices” group as well as interventions aimed at building a relationship with the neighborhood in question. In addition, it shows how a Community of this kind can not only provide therapy but can also be a means to help guide towards recovery. In fact, it acts on the grounds that people who suffer from mental health issues are not “carrying a disease” but rather that they have particular mental health conditions which necessitate support. An external support system as well as specialized and technical help in their daily lives. The combination of all these factors are at the basis of the Therapeutic Community Read more

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Transcript analysis of Multi-Family Psychoanalysis Group and action research in a public Therapeutic Community

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This article presents the perspective of a group of authors regarding their action research into the use of group therapy as a means to treat severe psychotic states in a public psychiatric therapeutic community. After recording various Multi-family Psychoanalysis Group sessions and analyzing the transcripts of these recordings, the authors were able to implement their findings as a guideline Read more