PAI Factors and Intensive Group Treatment Success

The importance of non-drug factors in the response of patients treated with psychotropic agents has been widely commented upon in recent years, though very few investigations have been undertaken specifically to identify and study these factors and to determine their role in pharmacotherapy (Hamilton and Hordern, 1963).

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Group treatment in a male low secure mental health service: a treatment description and descriptive evaluation

Journal of Forensic Practice ◽

10.1108/jfp-01-2013-0006 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 139-155 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Claire Nagi ◽

Jason Davies ◽

Laura Shine

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Group Treatment ◽

Self Report ◽

Forensic Mental Health ◽

Content Type ◽

Need Support ◽

Mental Health Settings ◽

Offending Behaviour ◽

Intensive Group ◽

The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the development, content and structure of an intensive group-based intervention designed to address a range of needs common to individuals within low secure forensic mental health settings. Additionally, the feasibility, acceptability, resource implications and levels of participation and understanding are evaluated. Design/methodology/approach – This paper describes the development, content and structure of an intensive group-based intervention designed to address a range of needs common to individuals within low secure forensic mental health settings. Additionally, the feasibility, acceptability, resource implications and levels of participation and understanding are evaluated. Findings – Analysis showed that the intervention was well received by staff and participants and that those with low self-report knowledge at the start showed large improvements. Recorded levels of participation and understanding were lower than expected. Research limitations/implications – Group-based interventions in low secure settings can be developed from existing “what works” information. Such treatments can feasibly be delivered although participants may need support – something which is not reported in many intervention studies. Research is now needed to assess the impact of the General Treatment & Recovery Programme (GTRP) intervention on participants. Originality/value – The development of treatment programmes for offending behaviour within low secure forensic mental health settings is still in its infancy. This paper outlines and describes the development of such an intervention, namely the GTRP.

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The effect of motivational lung age feedback on short-term quit rates in smokers seeking intensive group treatment: A randomized controlled pilot study

Drug and Alcohol Dependence ◽

10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.05.007 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 153 ◽

pp. 271-277 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Jonathan Foulds ◽

Susan Veldheer ◽

Shari Hrabovsky ◽

Jessica Yingst ◽

Chris Sciamanna ◽

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Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Group Treatment ◽

Short Term ◽

Randomized Controlled ◽

Lung Age ◽

Intensive Group

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The Monster in Between: Working with Couples in Intensive Group Treatment

Journal of Family Psychotherapy ◽

10.1080/08975350801904981 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 157-169 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

J. Bout ◽

S. Sytema ◽

J. Rankin

Keyword(s):

Group Treatment ◽

Intensive Group

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The Use of Self-Directed Relapse Prevention Booklets to Assist in Maintaining Abstinence After a 6-Week Group Smoking Cessation Treatment Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Health Education & Behavior ◽

10.1177/1090198117710979 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 45 (2) ◽

pp. 190-197 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Susan Veldheer ◽

Shari Hrabovsky ◽

Jessica Yingst ◽

Chris Sciamanna ◽

Arthur Berg ◽

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Keyword(s):

Smoking Cessation ◽

Treatment Program ◽

Group Treatment ◽

Relapse Prevention ◽

Smoking Status ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Treatment Method ◽

Smoking Cessation Treatment ◽

Cessation Treatment ◽

Intensive Group

Background. Identifying effective relapse prevention interventions is a vital step to help smokers maintain abstinence for the long term. Aims. The purpose of this study is to determine if providing recently quit smokers with self-directed relapse prevention booklets is effective at maintaining abstinence after intensive group smoking cessation treatment. Method. Two hundred and twenty-five participants were randomized to receive Forever Free (FF) relapse prevention booklets or a control booklet (Surgeon General’s report, SG) at the end of a 6-week group treatment program. Participants were then contacted by phone to assess whether they had read the materials. Smoking status was assessed 6 months after their target quit date. Primary analyses focused on the 115 participants who quit at the end of treatment. Results. There was no difference in the 6-month quit rate between groups (40.7% quit FF vs. 44.6% quit SG, p = .67). The FF group read a significantly smaller proportion of the materials versus the control booklet (20.0% read most or all of FF vs. 72.0% of SG, p < .001). Conclusion. Forever Free self-directed relapse prevention booklets did not reduce relapse or enhance cessation over general tobacco and health information when added to intensive group smoking cessation treatment. However, this study lacked power to detect a small but clinically meaningful positive effect.

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Clinical aspects in patients with pulmonary infection caused by mycobacteria of the Mycobacterium abscessus complex, in the Brazilian Amazon

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia ◽

10.1590/s1806-37562016000000378 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 44 (2) ◽

pp. 93-98 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

José Tadeu Colares Monteiro ◽

Karla Valéria Batista Lima ◽

Adriana Rodrigues Barretto ◽

Ismari Perini Furlaneto ◽

Glenda Moraes Gonçalves ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Pulmonary Disease ◽

Group Treatment ◽

Pulmonary Infection ◽

Treatment Success ◽

Clinical Manifestations ◽

Mycobacterium Abscessus ◽

Clinical Aspects ◽

Sample Treatment ◽

Mycobacterium Abscessus Complex ◽

Loss Of Appetite

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the clinical manifestations of patients with pulmonary infection caused by mycobacteria of the Mycobacterium abscessus complex (MABSC), and to compare these manifestations with those of patients infected with other nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study involving 43 patients divided into two groups: the MABSC group, consisting of patients with pulmonary infection caused by MABSC (n = 17); and the NTM group, consisting of patients with pulmonary infection caused by NTM other than MABSC (n = 26). Patients were previously treated with a regimen of rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol before the diagnosis of NTM was confirmed by two culture-positive sputum samples. The nucleotide sequences of the hsp65, 16S rRNA, and/or rpoB genes were analyzed to identify the mycobacteria. Data were collected on demographic, clinical, and radiological characteristics, as well as on treatment responses and outcomes. Results: Loss of appetite was the only clinical manifestation that was significantly more common in the MABSC group than in the NTM group (p = 0.0306). The chance of having to use a second treatment regimen was almost 12 times higher in the MABSC group than in the NTM group. Treatment success was significantly higher in the NTM group than in the MABSC group (83.2% vs. 17.6%; p < 0.0001). The chance of recurrence was approximately 37 times higher in the MABSC group than in the NTM group. Conclusions: In the study sample, treatment response of pulmonary disease caused by MABSC was less favorable than that of pulmonary disease caused by other NTM.

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A Randomized Controlled Intervention Trial: Effect of Counselling on Treatment Adherence and Self-Esteem of Women Patients Receiving Tuberculosis Treatment

Open Medicine Journal ◽

10.2174/1874220301603010027 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 27-33

Author(s):

Sana Hussain ◽

Anila A. Malik ◽

Zareen Hussain

Keyword(s):

Treatment Adherence ◽

Group Treatment ◽

Treatment Success ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Health Issue ◽

Public Health Issue ◽

Control Group ◽

Tb Treatment ◽

Before And After

Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is considered as a global public health issue but it can be understood as an individual health issue as well. Due to this disease, TB patients not only suffer physically but also psychologically and socially and face severe adverse consequences. Fear of dissemination the illness, helplessness and social stigma related to this ailment, are all plausible causes that lowered self-esteem of the patients and reinforce non-adherence. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of counselling on treatment adherence and increasing self-esteem of TB patients. Methods: This randomized control trial was conducted in Sindh Government Hospital Karachi. A total of 100 newly diagnosed women TB patients were randomly allocated to intervention (n=50) and control (n=50) groups. The data was collected through demographic form and RSES (Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale). Intervention group received counselling with social support during the treatment while the control group received education at the time of registration. Self-esteem was measured and compared before and after the intervention for two groups. Data was analysed through SPSS by using the χ2, and t-test. Results: Results revealed that compared with control group, treatment success rate was 100% among intervention group. The mean self-esteem scores before and after intervention in the intervention group increased from 10.42 to 17.44 showing a significant statistical difference at p <0.05 and p-value is <0.0001. Conclusion: The result of the present study suggests that patients with higher self-esteem tend to adhere better to TB treatment, in comparison to patients with low self-esteem. Therefore, counselling should be the important component of TB treatment to increase patients’ self-esteem which eventually fosters successful treatment outcomes.

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Increasing Availability of Exposure Therapy Through Intensive Group Treatment for Childhood Anxiety and OCD

Behavior Modification ◽

10.1177/0145445517730831 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 42 (5) ◽

pp. 707-728 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Stephen P. H. Whiteside ◽

Julie E. Dammann ◽

Michael S. Tiede ◽

Bridget K. Biggs ◽

Andrea Hillson Jensen

Keyword(s):

Group Treatment ◽

Repeated Measures ◽

Exposure Therapy ◽

Childhood Anxiety ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Childhood Anxiety Disorders ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy ◽

Behavioral Group ◽

Intensive Group

Archival data were used to examine the feasibility of a 5-day, clinic-based, intensive exposure–based cognitive-behavioral group therapy for childhood anxiety disorders (CADs) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Participants were 143 children (82 girls) aged 6 to 19 years ( M = 13.93 years, SD = 2.9 years) with CADs or OCD (or both) in 28 consecutive groups. Repeated-measures ANOVA in the subsample ( n = 57) with complete treatment data indicated positive change on all variables from pretreatment to posttreatment with few differences between CADs and OCD patients. Effect sizes were moderate to large for anxiety symptoms (parent reported = 0.74, child reported = 0.65) and impairment (parent reported = 1.02, child reported = 0.69). The intensive group protocol required fewer sessions and 36% fewer therapist-hours per patient than the individually administered protocol. The program increased treatment availability for families from diverse geographic areas ( M distance traveled to clinic = 407 miles, SD = 786.4 miles). These findings support further, well-controlled examination of the 5-day intensive group treatment protocol’s efficacy and potential to increase availability of evidence-based exposure therapy.

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The Link Between Verbal Short-Term Memory and Anomia Treatment Gains

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology ◽

10.1044/2019_ajslp-18-0176 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 28 (3) ◽

pp. 1039-1052

Author(s):

Reva M. Zimmerman ◽

JoAnn P. Silkes ◽

Diane L. Kendall ◽

Irene Minkina

Keyword(s):

Short Term Memory ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Treatment Success ◽

Linear Regression Models ◽

Language Performance ◽

Short Term ◽

Term Memory ◽

Treatment Gains ◽

Post Hoc

Purpose A significant relationship between verbal short-term memory (STM) and language performance in people with aphasia has been found across studies. However, very few studies have examined the predictive value of verbal STM in treatment outcomes. This study aims to determine if verbal STM can be used as a predictor of treatment success. Method Retrospective data from 25 people with aphasia in a larger randomized controlled trial of phonomotor treatment were analyzed. Digit and word spans from immediately pretreatment were run in multiple linear regression models to determine whether they predict magnitude of change from pre- to posttreatment and follow-up naming accuracy. Pretreatment, immediately posttreatment, and 3 months posttreatment digit and word span scores were compared to determine if they changed following a novel treatment approach. Results Verbal STM, as measured by digit and word spans, did not predict magnitude of change in naming accuracy from pre- to posttreatment nor from pretreatment to 3 months posttreatment. Furthermore, digit and word spans did not change from pre- to posttreatment or from pretreatment to 3 months posttreatment in the overall analysis. A post hoc analysis revealed that only the less impaired group showed significant changes in word span scores from pretreatment to 3 months posttreatment. Discussion The results suggest that digit and word spans do not predict treatment gains. In a less severe subsample of participants, digit and word span scores can change following phonomotor treatment; however, the overall results suggest that span scores may not change significantly. The implications of these findings are discussed within the broader purview of theoretical and empirical associations between aphasic language and verbal STM processing.

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