Lavrenne

Question 1

Aims

Answer 1

To investigate how out patients use group sessions to provide firm boundaries which support them during their illness

Question 2

What was the group called

Answer 2

The Thursday group

Question 3

Procedure

Answer 3

There are 10 people in the group. The sesssions are not recorded but key points laid out about patients behaviour
The case study reports on one specific session with six patients present, which was just before Christmas

Question 4

Why was the group made

Answer 4

To encourage a new sense of connection with others who are usually quite isolated in everyday life

Question 5

Results

Answer 5

• • a breakdown of the line which people draw between the real and unreal or their own thoughts and others thoughtsThe key theme was fragile ego boundaries

Question 6

Weakness

Answer 6

There may be subjective interpretations of the researcher or there memory may not be accurate reducing validity
Generalisability questioned