BACKGROUND Psycho-education is now considered as part of the integrated treatment for bipolar disorder. This study aimed to determine the efficacy of group psycho-education on medication adherence and global functioning of patients with bipolar disorder type I. METHODS 45 patients with bipolar disorder type I were allocated one of the three groups of psycho-education plus pharmacotherapy, pha...

BACKGROUND Phase of Illness describes stages of advanced illness according to care needs of the individual, family and suitability of care plan. There is limited evidence on its association with other measures of symptoms, and health-related needs, in palliative care. AIMS The aims of the study are as follows. (1) Describe function, pain, other physical problems, psycho-spiritual problems and...

abstract background: family psycho-education is one of the most effective interventions for preventing relapse in patients with schizophrenia. we evaluated the efficacy of a needs-assessment–based educational program in comparison with a current program (textbook based) in the treatment of schizophrenia. materials and methods: patients with schizophrenia and their families (n = 60) were allocat...

Movement disorders and motor deficiency is highly represented among patients in Schizophrenia – residual type (DSM IV): 37% of patients examined in our research had psycho-motor disturbances. Dominant disturbances are the following: disturbed tonus among 65% of patients, abnormal postural reactions among 90%, abnormal voluntary movements among 75%, disturbed speech among 85%, disturbed static a...

In this single-case study, after a brain-damage, for a young female patient the following diagnoses were supposed in a period of nearly 20 years: depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, dissociative identity disorder, narcissism personality disorder, schizotypic personality disorder with pronounced abnormal behaviour, experiences of insufficiency with problems of segregation, psycho-neurotic...

This study examined the impact of medication management compared to a psycho-educational program on parent and teacher ratings of children with combined type ADHD. The study lasted 14 weeks and included 50 children. 17 children took medication, 17 received psycho-educational intervention, and 16 children were assigned to the control group. The measures used were the IOWA Conners Scale, the Scho...

Technical development of human civilisation brings about a decrease of adaptation potential of an individual, which is directly linked to deficient motor activity. Only precise identification of factors leading to hypokinesia would make prophylactic and therapeutic actions possible. In this article, authors would like to introduce a new, original tool aiming at diagnosing limitations of motor a...

purpose: bipolar disorders of complex and multi-dimensional nature necessitate new therapies.   this research compared the effect of meta-cognitive and psycho-educational family therapy on   dysfunctional attitudes of bipolar patients.   materials and methods: this was a semi-empirical research with pretest-posttest design, using   control group. from among the bipolar woman who had referred to...

Background: In the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), civilians have been heavily exposed to traumatic stressors. Traumatizing experiences cumulatively heighten the risk for trauma-related disorders, and with it affect cognitive and psycho-social functioning. Objectives: We aimed at investigating the association between trauma-related disorders and cognitive and psy...