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University o Hamburg, Germany
The doctor-patient-relationship based on trust is an important parameter for therapeutic success.
Patient's fear, weather justified or not, often hinders medical efforts and desirable compliance. A
German study from the University of Hamburg among 168 patients shows a significant reduction
of patient's fear. Doctors have been trained before in client-centered-counseling on the basis of
client-centered-therapy by Carl R. Rogers. It was found that even phobic patients reduced their
fear by talking to their doctors before treatment. Docters were able to improve their abilities in
client-centered-counseling and were rated more trustful, likeable and qualified afterwards by their
patients.
2081.6 African mothers’ and siblings reactions to mental illness, Akand Ad 1 , Jee Osagie 2 ,
Majiba Tosam 3 , Tserere Mag 4 , Williamson James 5 , 1 Inst of research, UK; 2 FAMU, USA;
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Telekom; SOCA - NPA, SA
Families and relatives often carry much of the burden of caring for the schizophrenics in Africa.
Yet expressed emotion (EE) studies indicate families in poor outcome (high EE vs. low EE).
Previous studies have concentrated on parent-child relationships despite considerable evidence
that mentally ill patients do better in sibling households. The present study presents a comparison
of the quality and quantity of maternal and sibling EE reactions to the same schizophrenic
relatives. Alternative cultural interpretation were suggested using a contemporary system
approach.
2081.7 Emotional differences between patients with depression and patients with Hwa-Byung,
Jung-Hye Kwon 1 , Jong-Woo Kim 2 , Min-Soo Lee 1 , Dong-Kun Park 1 , 1 Korea Universtiy, Korea;
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Kyung-Hee University, Korea
Hwa-Byung is a Korean folk illness label commonly used by patients suffering from a multiple of
somatic and psychological symptoms. As there is some evidence suggesting overlap of the
symptom manifestation between HB and major depressive disorder, it remains to be clarified
whether it should be treated as separate diagnostic categories from major depressive disorder. The
purpose of this study was to examine whether there were differences in emotional experience
between the two groups. Participants included over 40 patients, who were assessed on the HB
Diagnostic Interview Schedule and the SADS, BDI, STAXI, BAI, and Emotional Inhibition Scale.
2081.8 Humanistic approach to school guidance in teacher development, Elaine Tung Cheung,
Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong, China
Education values and beliefs in whole child development underpin the aims of education in the
21st century. Literature shows that teacher's belief in humanistic approach in bringing out the
holistic development of a child plays a significant part in fulfilling the education ideology. The
study of a group of 35 in-service primary school teachers in Hong Kong in 1999/2000 revealed
that although a considerable number of them believed in the affective approach, they had technical
difficulties in the implementation owing to the constraint of time and resources, whilst teacher
development in understanding humanistic education is essential to facilitate the change.
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