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Published Online: March 1991

Using Written Communication With Patient Groups to Promote Behavioral Change in Chronic Mentally Ill Patients

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Patient-managed problem-solving groups have been used in inpatient settings to increase the responsible activity of patients with chronic mental illness. In a study using a repeated measures design, staff prepared written notes describing patients' adherence to programmatic expectations and submitted them to patient-managed problemsolving groups, which recommended consequences for patients' behavior. The intervention increased the frequency of targeted behavior compared with the frequency of the behavior during baseline periods. The authors suggest that this procedure may be applied to a variety of behaviors in other treatment settings.

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Pages: 302 - 304

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Published in print: March 1991
Published online: 1 April 2006

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Alma D. Elder
Connecticut Valley Hospital, P.O. Box 351, Middletown, Connecticut 06457
Debra Zultowsky
Connecticut Valley Hospital, P.O. Box 351, Middletown, Connecticut 06457

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