Stettegrupper for skizofrene patienters forældre

Abstract

Contact between psychiatrists and the patient's family have become of current importance after Julian P. Leff and others of his contemporaries have proved that psychosocial interventions in the environment of the patient can have a positive influence on the course of schizophrenia. This article recounts what we have learned from inviting the relatives of schizophrenic patients to attend group meetings, the purposes of which were 1) to create better contact with the ward and 2) to get relatives to talk about mutual problems. Until then the parents' experience with the psychiatric services had been most unsatisfactory. The dominant theme in the current meetings was the feeling of relief at finding fellow sufferers. Information about schizophrenia and discussions about expedient patterns of behaviour when in the company of schizophrenic patients were two equally important subjects. The parents showed their approval by very regular attendance of the meetings but stated at the final evaluation that they would ...