Group treatment of adult male inpatients abused as children

J Trauma Stress. 1994 Oct;7(4):718-27. doi: 10.1002/jts.2490070417.

Abstract

Recent research indicates that childhood abuse experiences characterize a large subset of psychiatric inpatients. This paper presents a time-limited pilot group developed for adult male abuse survivors in an inpatient setting using: (1) techniques adapted from the existing literature on treatment of abuse survivors; and (2) approaches deriving from the interface of theory and current manifestations of distress. The eclectic therapeutic approach incorporated psychoeducational, cognitive, behavioral, and art therapy techniques presented below in a session-by-session format.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anger
  • Child
  • Child Abuse / psychology*
  • Child Abuse / statistics & numerical data
  • Family / psychology
  • Humans
  • Inpatients / psychology*
  • Male
  • Men / psychology*
  • Pilot Projects
  • Psychological Theory
  • Psychotherapy, Group / methods*
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / psychology*
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / therapy*
  • Survivors / psychology
  • Treatment Outcome