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What is Group Therapy?

Group therapy, a form of psychotherapy, is when one or more therapists treat a small group of clients together as a group. Group therapy can be taken to include any helping process that takes place in a group, including support groups, skills training groups, and psycho-education groups.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Support mental / emotional health 98 42 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Borderline Personality Disorder 60 16 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Mood 50 17 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Depressed mood 31 18 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Eating Disorder 25 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Treat my mood condition(s) 24 9 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 203 patients currently participating in Group Therapy

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 7
Moderate
 7
Mild
 9
None
 107

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Group Therapy

Hospitalization 5
Anxiety and frustration 3
Anxious mood 3
Ruminating 2
Panic attacks 2
Frequent crying spells 2
See all 25 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently participating in Group Therapy. See all 70 dosages ►

  weekly 60 min weekly 90 min weekly weekly 120 min weekly weekly 180 min weekly 240 min weekly 360 min weekly 540 min weekly
  5 Number of Patients: 5 23 Number of Patients: 23 31 Number of Patients: 31 12 Number of Patients: 12 22 Number of Patients: 22 9 Number of Patients: 9 8 Number of Patients: 8 4 Number of Patients: 4 5 Number of Patients: 5 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Group Therapy(multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 80   Other: 38%
Felt finished with this treatment 59   Felt finished with this treatment: 28%
Completed the number of sessions covered by my insurance 39   Completed the number of sessions covered by my insurance: 18%
This type of therapy or counseling didn't seem to help 34   This type of therapy or counseling didn't seem to help: 16%
Expense 25   Expense: 12%
Doctor's advice 22   Doctor's advice: 10%
This particular therapist or program didn't seem to help 21   This particular therapist or program didn't seem to help: 10%
Course of treatment ended 13   Course of treatment ended: 6%
Found another therapist or program I preferred 8   Found another therapist or program I preferred: 4%
Change in health plan coverage 6   Change in health plan coverage: 3%
Not indicated 5   Not indicated: 2%
I didn't have enough time 5   I didn't have enough time: 2%
No convenient appointments available 4   No convenient appointments available: 2%
Did not seem to work 4   Did not seem to work: 2%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 0%

See all 208 patients who’ve stopped participating in Group Therapy

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

How Long Current Patients Have Been In Group Therapy

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped participating in Group Therapy

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Group Therapy

Always
 72 55%
Usually
 38 29%
Sometimes
 15 12%
Never
 5 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Group Therapy

Very
 17 13%
Somewhat
 48 37%
A little
 31 24%
Not at all
 34 26%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Group Therapy

$200+
 11 13%
$100-199
 8 9%
$50-99
 7 8%
$25-49
 6 7%
< $25
 55 63%

Report created on February 09, 2012.