The anger control program for patients with substance induced psychosis
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2010-08-24
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Journal of Mental Health of Thailand - วารสารสุขภาพจิต แห่งประเทศไทย
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Objective To develop and evaluate the effect of anger control program in substance induced psychosis patients. Materials and Methods Subjects were 40 substances induced psychosis patients entered to a control or an experiment group by voluntary. The study group received anger control program for six 1- hour sessions within two weeks. The average mean scores of anger control knowledge, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, violence scale, and length of stay were analyzed by t-test. Results Violence behaviors and length of stay of patients with substance induced psychosis after using anger control program was significantly lower than before using anger control program and improve control group.Conclusion The anger control program could empower substance induced psychosis patients to deal with anger leading to reduce in violence behaviors and length of stay Key words : anger control program, substance induced psychosis
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Journal of Mental Health of Thailand - วารสารสุขภาพจิต แห่งประเทศไทย; Volume 18 Number 2 May 2010; 105-112