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Psychological Intervention Outcome Of In-Patients Referred For Insight Oriented Therapy In Federal Neurosychiatric Hospital, Yaba Lagos
Psychological Intervention Outcome Of In-Patients Referred For Insight Oriented Therapy In Federal Neurosychiatric Hospital, Yaba Lagos
Abstract
Insight has been found to be an integral component that ensures success in most psychiatry
treatment. It appears that, the more the client can understand the cause of the illness, the
greater their chances of resolving their unpleasant experience. Insight-oriented
psychotherapy is a client-centred therapy, a talk therapy that guides clients toward
developing and understanding of self. It assumes that the client is healthy and their problem
is a result of faulty-thinking. This study focused on testing the efficacy of insight oriented
therapy in improving participants’ level of illness awareness. Forty three (43) inpatients
from a federal government mental health facility were purposively selected based on
referrals for individualized insight oriented therapy for a 12-session program. Participants
responded to Beck Cognitive Insight Scale prior and after intervention (pre-posttest).The
participants were made up of 23 males and 20 females with an average age of 32.21 9.31
who entered therapy session upon referrals. The results revealed that insight oriented
therapy had a significant impact on the level of the study sample’s insight
[ t(42)= 47.429 p<.01]. Conclusively, insight oriented therapy has been
found in this study to be efficacious in the management of patient with poor insight. Authors
suggested that more clinical trials should be carried out to test It’s efficacy in larger samples
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Response of Substance Use Patients To Insight Oriented Therapy At Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Aro, Abeokuta
Response of Substance Use Patients To Insight Oriented Therapy At Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Aro, Abeokuta
Abstract
Psychotherapy for mental health treatment can be a very effective means for helping
individuals to overcome behavioral and mental health issues that have caused them distress.
Insight-oriented psychotherapy is an approach to mental health counseling with a focus on
helping clients to understand their own inner workings and motivations. With this therapeutic
techniques, the therapist encourages clients to examine their past relationships and the ways
in which these dynamics have shaped their present The primary goals of treatment are to
enhance and sustain patient motivation for change, establish and maintain abstinence from
all psychoactive drugs, and foster development of (nonchemical) coping and problem solving
skills to prevent and ultimately eliminate impulses to “self-medicate” with psychoactive
drugs. The approach has shown to work well with issues such as substance abuse. This paper
present the effectiveness of Insight Oriented Therapy in the management of substance use.
Three substance use patient with hallucination, delusion and aimless wandering as
presenting complain were exposed to Insight Oriented Therapy. This psychotherapeutic
technique was employed after the patients exposure to chemotherapy. Patients responded
positively after four sessions of two hours each for a period of two weeks. Authors
recommend Insight Oriented Therapy as psychotherapy of option with management of
substance use patient.