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Goal-oriented Group Treatment for Sexually Abused Adolescent Girls

The British Journal of PsychiatryPublished 1 January 1988
Tilman Fürniss, Liza Bingley-Miller, Annemarie van Elburg
Citations36
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SJR score2.47
SNIP2.17

TL;DR

The group treatment was seen as part of a family approach to child sexual abuse in the family and the membership and structure of the group and the aims of treatment are described.

Abstract

This paper reports on goal-oriented group treatment for adolescent girls who have been sexually abused within the family. The treatment approach on which the therapeutic work was based and the treatment programme are described briefly. The group treatment was seen as part of a family approach to child sexual abuse in the family. The membership and structure of the group and the aims of treatment are described. Some characteristics of the specific group processes are detailed and illustrated by clinical examples. Clinical results on outcome and results from an independent follow-up study are described, and some relevant clinical issues are discussed.

Keywords

Psychology