揭露自殺裡的存在意義——意義中心團體心理治療前導研究

Search for meaning in the suicide chaos: the pilot study of applying meaning-centered group psychotherapy in psychiatric patients with suicide risk

Purpose: This pilot study tried to find out the possibility of increasing the sense of meaning as
a primary intervention for psychiatric patients with suicide risk.
Methods: It was a case study to explore the phenomenon of the therapeutic group which applied
the meaning-centered group psychotherapy model (MCGP). The participators were referred from the psychiatric outpatient department.
Results: All participants had a need of engagement. MCGP is an intervention based on psychoeducational counseling, and in this pilot study, it is added with the character of here-and-now because of the frequent interpersonal interaction. Meaning rose from in-and-out of group interpersonal interaction. Other ultimate concerns- Death, Freedom and Isolation, also evolved in the MCGP model.
Conclusions: It works for psychiatric patients with suicide risks to increase the sense of meaning as a primary intervention. It is also worth to keep on research if it works or not to apply MCGP model for the general psychiatric patients with suicide risk.