title: [Influence of Depressive Symptoms on Group Therapeutic Psychoeducational Intervention in Psychiatric Patient Groups of Mixed Diagnosis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyse the extent of influence of depressive symptoms on the efficiency of group therapeutic psychoeducative intervention in psychiatric patients groups with mixed diagnoses, independently of the primary diagnosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  34 psychiatric inpatients with different diagnoses were allocated to two groups according to the severity of their depressive symptoms. After the psychoeducational group intervention, patients were asked about several parameters concerning the effectiveness of the intervention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients suffering from pronounced depressive symptoms seem to benefit less from the intervention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Psychoeducational intervention is less effective in patients with severe symptoms of depression. This should be taken into consideration concerning the time point when patients should be integrated in such a group, as well as concerning the intensity of the intervention itself.
authors.affiliation: Psychologie, MSH Medical School Hamburg.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grünke
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Asklepios Westklinikum Hamburg.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.affiliation: Psychologie, MSH Medical School Hamburg.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schnell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003153:Community Health Services; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011788:Quality of Life; D016896:Treatment Outcome