Abstract

SAMPAIO, Francisco et al. Group psychotherapeutic intervention programmes: Implementation and evaluation in a clinical practice context. Revista Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Saúde Mental [online]. 2017, n.spe5, pp.87-92. ISSN 1647-2160.  https://doi.org/10.19131/rpesm.0173.

BACKGROUND: Regulation No 129/2011 states that providing psychotherapeutic, sociotherapeutic, psychosocial and psychoeducational care is a competence of mental health nurses. However, in the clinical practice in Portugal, although we believe that mental health nurses perform psychotherapeutic interventions, these are little publicised. AIM: To present an implementation and evaluation path of group psychotherapeutic intervention programmes carried out in the clinical practice. METHODS: Article of dissemination of good practices. One hundred and fifty-three (153) participants were intentionally selected and they were distributed into different group psychotherapeutic intervention programmes, which intended to address the nursing focuses "Self-Esteem", "Anxiety" and "Sleep", between 23^rd March and 31^st December 2015. RESULTS: All the intervention programmes consist of a set of five sessions lasting between 50 and 60 minutes. An a priori and a posteriori evaluation of the target focus of the intervention was carried out by using psychometric instruments. The intervention programmes that addressed the focuses "Anxiety" and "Sleep" revealed the existence of statistically significant differences between the initial and the final scores. CONCLUSIONS: Patients seem to benefit of group psychotherapeutic intervention programmes performed by mental health nurses. These data can be used to argue with decision makers and policy makers about the potential and capability of mental health nurses to perform interventions of this kind.

Keywords : Psychiatric nursing; Psychotherapy; Psychiatric department, hospital.

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