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The 'voices group': a therapeutic group for psychotic patients in a therapeutic community
- Authors:
- MANNU Jose, BORRI Giansiro
- Journal article citation:
- Therapeutic Communities: the International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, 25(3), Autumn 2004, pp.153-168.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Attempts to analyse the characteristics of a 'voices group' that is part of a therapeutic community programme mainly concerned with people affected by psychosis. The therapeutic effects seen as a whole, and how its different aspects are interconnected, form the necessary premise for understanding this group. It was set up following a request from some patients in the community and because it is a phenomenon not yet thoroughly explained from a psychological point of view, and because currently auditory hallucinations are treated virtually exclusively pharmacologically. The paper is a case study attempting to highlight the difficult moments in the evolution of a community programme with repercussions in the group as well as in the patient's development both inside and outside the group.