Equine-assisted psychotherapy with traumatized couples-Improvement of relationship quality and psychological symptoms.
couples < populations
intervention/technique < clinical
outcome < research
Journal
Journal of marital and family therapy
ISSN: 1752-0606
Titre abrégé: J Marital Fam Ther
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7904614
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2021
Oct 2021
Historique:
revised:
18
12
2020
received:
06
02
2020
accepted:
22
12
2020
pubmed:
30
1
2021
medline:
29
10
2021
entrez:
29
1
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Many traumatised individuals suffering from deployment related PTSD report severe problems in their relationships. Up until now, the therapeutic interventions used by the German Armed Forces have rarely targeted these problems through the integration of partners. For this reason, a Program designed specifically for couples was developed. In this prospective study equine-assisted psychotherapy was applied to soldiers and their spouses. The study population consisted of n = 36 couples, divided in n = 20 therapy group with a inpatient equine-assisted intervention and a 16-couples control group. After the intervention, numerous significant improvements occurred in the therapy group in the areas of current, somatic and communication problems, depressive symptoms and partnership quality but not in the control group. PTSD was reduced significantly on the sub-scale associated with negative thoughts. These results show that the intervention is an effective way to improve partnership quality and reduce the stressors that the partners of afflicted service members face.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
925-944Subventions
Organisme : German Armed Forces Center for Military Mental Health
Informations de copyright
© 2021 American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
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