EFFECT OF SUPPORTIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY ON SUBJECTIVE WELL BEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN INDIVIDUALS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

EFFECT OF SUPPORTIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY ON SUBJECTIVE WELL BEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN INDIVIDUALS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA

Published:2021-06-01 Issue: Volume: Page:76-78
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Author:

Mahanta Prakash Kumar¹,Gupta Madhu Kumari¹,Sengar Kaptan S.²

Affiliation:

1. Research Scholar, Department of Clinical Psychology, RINPAS, Ranchi, India-834006.

2. Additional Professor (Rtd.), Department of Clinical Psychology, RINPAS, Ranchi, India 834006

Abstract

Schizophrenia is a disorder that affects 1% of the total human population with a relatively uniform distribution throughout the world. The present study is to determine the “Effect of Supportive Psychotherapy on Subjective Well Being and Quality of Life in Individuals with Schizophrenia”. A hospital based study with 16 male schizophrenic inpatients were selected (8 patients for experimental and 8 for control group) according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Assessment tools were used as Socio-Demographic Data Sheet, The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), P.G.I. Quality of Life Scale, and P.G.I. General Well Being measure. Experimental group was received intervention of supportive psychotherapy for 06 weeks (12 individual sessions) on individual basis and group wise too. The study found that signicant changes on subjective well being and quality of life after the intervention on experimental group as compared to control group patients. The supportive psychotherapy has the ability to improve the subjective well-being and quality of life among psychiatric patients

Publisher

World Wide Journals

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