The effect of milieu therapy on personality and clinical symptom variables

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.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Psychology

Year dc:date.issued

1995

Author dc:creator

• Johnson, Catherine

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Malcolm, Charles ; Swartz, Sally

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13478

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/13478