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Semin Speech Lang 1999; 20(1): 65-72
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1064009
© 1999 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Psychosocial Aspects of Group Communication Treatment - Preliminary Findings

Roberta J. Elman, Ellen Bernstein-Ellis
  • Aphasia Center of California, Oakland, California
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15 May 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

This article discusses preliminary psychosocial data from an efficacy study on the effects of group communication treatment in adults with chronic aphasia. Using a qualitative interview approach, participants with aphasia and their relatives/caregivers reported many positive psychosocial changes following treatment. The results suggest that group communication treatment had an impact on participants' home and community lives without direct treatment in those settings. Results are discussed in the context of managed care, group theory, and positive health.

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group treatment - aphasia - psychosocial