Increasing psychological well-being in the clinical setting
Submission type
Symposium
Scheduled
Parallel Session IV: Ontvangkamer, 08-06-2018, 15:00 - 16:30
Kernwoorden
psychological well-being; clinical settings
Onderzoeksgebied
Novel (therapeutic) approaches
Beknopte samenvatting van de totale bijdrage
Clinicians are the most respected source of healthy strategies promotion and well-being. They can also inform and propose psychotherapeutic strategies to enhance or increase psychological well-being, a multifaceted construct comprising the individual balance and integration of psychic forces which encompass both outlook on life and resistance to stress.
Auteurs
Healthy strategies based on personal functioning: the Well-Being Therapy approach
Cosci, FC (Fiammetta)
Abstract ID
908
Submission type
Oral only
Scheduled
Parallel Session III: Blauwe kamer, 08-06-2018, 13:00 - 14:30
Introductie
Well-Being Therapy (WBT) is a short-term psychotherapeutic strategy that emphasize self-observation, with the use of a structured diary, interaction between patients and therapists and homework. WBT is based on a model of psychological well-being that was originally developed by Marie Jahoda in 1958. WBT was later developed as a psychotherapeutic intervention by Giovanni Fava and manualized in 2016.
Materiaal en methodes
The current indications of WBT will be proposed based on the literature.
Resultaten
Current indications include increasing the level of recovery in recurrent depression, treating cyclothymic disorder or generalized anxiety disorder, promoting resilience and psychological well-being in healthy adolescents.
Conclusie
WBT is a valuable psychotherapeutic treatment. Emerging perspective of further indications are suggested by clinical case reports and include treatment resistant patients, obsessive compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, anorexia nervosa, withdrawal after reduction or discontinuation of antidepressants_
Auteurs
Well-Being Therapy in Dutch mental health care
Meulenbeek, PM (Peter)
Abstract ID
909
Submission type
Oral only
Scheduled
Parallel Session III: Blauwe kamer, 08-06-2018, 13:00 - 14:30
Introductie
Relapse after treatment of mental disorders is a major problem. Enhancing psychological well-being and resilience may reduce the risk of relapse in patients with mental disorders. Well-being therapy tries to address these factors.
Materiaal en methodes
The original model of well-being therapy was developed by the Italian psychiatrist Giovanni Fava. It is based on a conceptual model of six dimensions of psychological well-being: environmental mastery, personal growth, purpose in life, autonomy, self-acceptance, positive relations with others (Ryff, 1989). At the University of Twente we developed a protocol of the therapy based on the original model and made it suitable for patients in community mental health centres.
Resultaten
It is our aim to conduct efficacy studies at a larger scale and to implement well-being therapy in the Dutch mental health care. The adapted protocol will be presented as well as a case study based on the application of the protocol with a client who suffered from a major depressive disorder.
Conclusie
The results of the research on the effectiveness of the therapy in Dutch mental health care are promising.
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