Analisys of the therapeutic factors in the Therapeutic Community Podsused among the war related diagnosis and the others

• Published in: Psychiatria Danubina Vol. 27 Suppl 1; no. suppl 1; pp. S395 - S400
• Main Authors: Martic-Biocina, Sanja, Sakoman, Mirna Pandzic, Bosak, Josipa, Stipic, N
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Croatia Medicinska naklada 01.09.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Combat Disorders - diagnosis; Combat Disorders - psychology; Combat Disorders - therapy; Croatia; Existentialism; Female; Hope; Humans; Male; Mental Disorders - diagnosis; Mental Disorders - psychology; Mental Disorders - therapy; Patient Satisfaction; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Social Adjustment; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - therapy; Therapeutic Community; Veterans - psychology; war veterans; Croatia
• ISSN: 0353-5053; 1849-0867

Therapeutic community/TC/ is a sociotherapeutic method that uses sociotherapeutic and psychotherapeutic techniques for various mental disorders. In Croatia, during and after the war many war veterans have been in treatment through TC and many of them still participate in it. Majority of them were diagnosed with PTSD diagnosis, but some of them also had other diagnosis, e.g. depression, paranoid delusion, etc. In this paper we describe principles of TC that we use in Croatia and we also try to find out which curative factors of TC are the most important for this population. We applied semistructured intervju based on Yalom book of practice and theory of psychotherapy to explore what factors do war veterans find the most important and relevant for their resilience and better coping with everyday issues.