Vol. 5 No. 1 (2023): January - June 2023
Clinical psychology

Group psychotherapy in mental states at risk: a treatment hypothesis

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  • Silvia Cristofanelli
Silvia Cristofanelli
Dipartimento di Salute Mentale ASL Roma6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32069/PJ.2021.2.182

Published 2023-02-23

Keywords

  • Keywords: common emotional disorders; group cognitive-behavichotherapy; intervention techniques.

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Cristofanelli, S. (2023). Group psychotherapy in mental states at risk: a treatment hypothesis. Phenomena Journal - International Journal of Psychopathology, Neuroscience and Psychotherapy, 5(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.32069/PJ.2021.2.182

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Abstract

The author claims that early intervention on at-risk mental states, which occur at a young age with disorders affecting the overall functioning of the person, is of fundamental importance in order to prevent the clinical picture from worsening further. Intervening on the prodromic phase means intercepting those clinical pictures that fall within the definition of common emotional disorders (DEC), which are widespread in the Mental Health Centres at this post-pandemic time. Group psychotherapy as a mode of privileged intervention, focusses attention on the dimension of social identity and aims to restore the perception of belonging to a context with the resulting personal value.

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