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Group therapy in the treatment of traumatized persons

A traumatic experience greatly changes the perception of inner and outer world in a traumatized patient (1). Feelings of deep isolation, alienation, helplessness, and distrust, together with interpersonal problems and socially dysfunctional behaviour, are the main psychological components of such persons (2). This population often feels rejected from the larger society (or even judged and blamed for their difficulties) and therefore group psychotherapy, has the central role in the integrated psychiatric treatment (3). The presentation will present the long-term (5 years) group psychotherapy work with war veterans with PTSD. The goal of psychotherapeutic work was: relieve the symptoms ; help veterans to develop more mature adaptation mechanisms, and stimulate the reparation of discontinued and fragmented self to support personality integration and reintegration of the veterans into family and society. At the end of the group work they have better QoL, especially in the field of social functioning and family relations and also the number of hospitalizations decreased. The limitation of this type of work with traumatized persons is habituation on group and problem with separation, especially in passive-dependent members.

group therapy; PTSD; war trauma

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