Psychotherapy as a prevention factor. A systemic perspective
Journal title PSICOBIETTIVO
Author/s Luigi Onnis, Walter Galluzzo, Marco Bernardini, Cristina D'Onofrio, Marta Fojanesi
Publishing Year 2012 Issue 2012/1 Language Italian
Pages 17 P. 31-47 File size 165 KB
DOI 10.3280/PSOB2012-001003
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In this paper Authors, firstly define the concept of prevention, in the light of the criteria recently proposed by a "science of prevention". They take into account the preventive potentialities of psychotherapy in particular the Systemic one, especially in blocking chronic evolution of psychic suffering. Under this profile the importance of mental health professional’s intervention is underlined: it become a "risk factor" or a "protective factor" with regard to the distress situations which it deals with. In order to confirm the prevention effectiveness of psychotherapy, some researches are synthetically presented: that of CNR about the Mental Illness Prevention, and those of Onnis and colleagues about the prevention of chronicity in childhood asthma and in adolescent eating disorders. Finally Authors underline the importance of mental health professionals’ psychotherapeutic formation, in order to guarantee an effective program of prevention chronic psychic distress, especially in the public services context.
Keywords: Prevention; Psychotherapy; Chronicity; Mental Health Worker’s Role; Psychotherapeutic Formation.
Luigi Onnis, Walter Galluzzo, Marco Bernardini, Cristina D'Onofrio, Marta Fojanesi, La psicoterapia come fattore di prevenzione. Una prospettiva sistemica in "PSICOBIETTIVO" 1/2012, pp 31-47, DOI: 10.3280/PSOB2012-001003