title: Effect of family group psychotherapy on alcoholic families.
abstract: We examined the effect of family group psychotherapy on 14 alcoholic families. Family group psychotherapy helped alcoholic families be aware of their anxiety and conflict and enabled them to share their feelings with a group. Alexithymia for a cognitive-affective disturbance significantly decreased after group psychotherapy. Moreover, participation in family group psychotherapy over six months increased family cohesion and allowed anxiety and conflict to be more easily expressed within the family.
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fukunishi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuzawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome