case studies

• lavarenne method


  the purpose of it was to support the patients by allowing structure

  10 patients

  members had been attending for between 3 and 22 years

  he refered to a session of 'thursday group'- which is a group of schizo patients

  sessions are never recorded but after the leader writes notes

  reports on 1 session before xmas where they face 2 weeks away

  a key theme is the 'fragile ego boundaries'( breakdown time between real and unreal)

  suggested that group reacted due to a break from sessions
• lavarenne evaluation


  small amount of participants so it is unlikely to represent the whole target population

  provides brilliant insight into the behaviour of the patients involved

  theres concerns that that memory if the group leader may be inaccurate as they do not record sessions- subjective