Training Patients for Effective Participation in Back-Home Groups
PHILIP G. HANSON PH.D.1,
PAUL ROTHAUS PH.D.2,
WALTER E. O'CONNELL PH.D.3, , and
GEORGE WIGGINS M.D.4
1 Staff psychologist and director, Human Relations Training Laboratory, Veterans Administration hospital, 2002 Holcombe Blvd., Houston. Tex. 77031 and assistant professor of clinical psychology Baylor University College of Medicine
2 Consultant in psychology, Veterans Administration hospital, 2002 Holcombe Blvd., Houston. Tex. 77031 and Assistant professor of clinical psychology, department of psychiatry Baylor University College of Medicine
3 Research psychologist, Veterans Administration hospital, 2002 Holcombe Blvd., Houston. Tex. 77031 and lecturer, University of St. Thomas, Houston and Baylor University College of Medicine
4 Staff psychiatrist, Veterans Administration hospital, 2002 Holcombe Blvd., Houston. Tex. 77031 and associate professor of psychiatry, Baylor University College of Medicine
The Human Relations Training Laboratory, a problem-centered patient-group education program utilizing the feedback method, encourages self-expression, helps participants to recognize and develop their own assets and resources, enables them to contribute something of value, and engages them in creative decision making. Most participants selected for the program suffer from anxiety and depressive reactions, character disorders, and alcoholism; the problem involves moving the participant from external toward internal control. The authors summarize results of several evaluation studies.
