Effectiveness of psycho-educational intervention to promote mental health focused on emotional intelligence in middle-school.

Purpose: The specific "outcome-oriented" pattern of the emotional intelligence (EI) should be considered of capital importance for teenagers in order to promote mental health. Nevertheless it is rarely evaluated because a specific tool, useful for routinely use, is not available. In this paper the authors describe the effectiveness of a new approach of public health to improve the EI "outcome-oriented", by a specific index.

[A review of the experience, the effectiveness and the spread of behavioral-cognitive group intervention in psychiatric ward].

The use of Cognitive-Behavioral Group Intervention (CBGI) in Psychiatric Ward (SPDC) in Italy began in the year 2000 and it became more and more popular in different geographic areas of our country. In this paper we briefly describe the intervention, the theoretical framework, the effectiveness and efficiency in Italy as well as in the international context. Based on the theoretical model "stress-vulnerability-coping", the ICCG is a manualized treatment, innovative and effective in the acute care, using the group setting to foster a climate of collaboration between users and operators, to raise awareness, the adherence to the treatment plan and the satisfaction.