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Interpersonal Problematic Areas in Liaison Psychiatry: A Feasibility Study

OBJECTIVE: Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) model, with its four problematic areas of grief, deficit, role transition and role dispute, provides a useful frame of reference for a quick case formulation. We aimed at applying the IPT problematic areas assessment in a sample of patients from a liaison...

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Autores principales: Miniati, Mario, Palagini, Laura, Conversano, Ciro, Pardini, Francesco, Massa, Lucia, Pini, Stefano, Marazziti, Donatella, Orrù, Graziella, Cuffini, Federico, Gemignani, Angelo, Grassi, Luigi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Giovanni Fioriti Editore srl 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8629066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34909031
http://dx.doi.org/10.36131/cnfioritieditore20210304
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) model, with its four problematic areas of grief, deficit, role transition and role dispute, provides a useful frame of reference for a quick case formulation. We aimed at applying the IPT problematic areas assessment in a sample of patients from a liaison psychiatry setting. METHODS: One-hundred and twenty-nine hospitalized patients of both sexes, aged between 18 and 80 years were interviewed. The 'Interpersonal Problem Areas Rating Scale' (IPARS) was used to detect the interpersonal focuses. RESULTS: IPARS problematic areas were identified in the 76% of the sample (n=98). Grief and role transition, interpersonal deficits and role disputes were, respectively, the most frequently (43.4 and 42.6%, respectively) and the less frequently described focuses (14 and 11.6%). Moreover, 31 patients (24%) showed no problem areas related to current symptomatology. CONCLUSIONS: The IPT model has proved to be an easy-to-use tool, able to guide the psychological interview and allowing the collection of information from an interpersonal perspective in a short time, although no specific focuses were detected as related to current psychological distress in around 25% of the sample.