The effect of milieu therapy on personality and clinical symptom variables

Johnson, Catherine

The effect of milieu therapy on personality and clinical symptom variables

Master Thesis

1995

Publisher

University of Cape Town

Department

Department of Psychology

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Abstract

The present exploratory study was conducted in Ward G22, a milieu therapy unit at Cape Town's Groote Schuur Hospital. It considers aspects of the unit's selection process, as well as particular treatment-related considerations, using a self-report questionnaire, the revised Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI-II). The MCMI-II provided information about clinical symptoms and personality styles, which was used to investigate what change may be measured in patients after a 12-week stay in G22. On the strength of this information, the study sought to make suggestions as to what aspects of patient difficulties are most amenable or resistant to the unit's intervention. Lastly, it intended to make recommendations on the value of the routine use of the MCMI-II in assessing patients for admission, and in evaluating therapeutic change.

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Bibliography: leaves 66-70.

Keywords

Clinical Psychology

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