[Cognitive-Behavioural group interventions and Multifamily Psychoanalysis group in a Psychiatric Ward].

Aim: This paper aims to study, evaluate and compare the effectiveness of two group interventions within a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). The outcome indicators of the satisfaction of patients and their families with the ward were evaluated with a Satisfaction Questionnaire on the department, and their satisfaction with the groups were evaluated with the Satisfaction Questionnaire for the groups. The two theoretical orientations examined are the cognitive-behavioural therapy, with group cognitive-behavioural intervention in the context of SPDC, and psychoanalysis, with multifamily psychoanalysis groups, according to the model of Jorge García Badaracco.

Differences in the personality profile of medication-overuse headache sufferers and drug addict patients: a comparative study using MMPI-2.

Background: Medication-overuse headache (MOH) refers to headache attributed to excessive use of acute medications. The role of personality needs studies to explain the shifting from drug use to drug abuse. The main aim of this study is to study personality, according to Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, comparing MOH, episodic headache, substance addicts (SA) vs healthy controls.