["Where am I, and where do I want to go?" A Group Therapy Program for Disorientated, Psychosomatically Ill Young...

"Where am I, and where do I want to go?" A Group Therapy Program for Disorientated, Psychosomatically Ill Young People Abstract: Objective: What influence does the concretization of the postinpatient life and career perspective have on the outcome of the inpatient treatment of psychosomatically ill young people? Method: A randomized case-control study. Results: The participants receive the perspective or orientation group well and see it as an important part of the treatment. Participating patients experience significantly less stress when discharge of (residual) symptoms than patients in the control group. Conclusions: The group program succeeds in drawing the focus of many affected persons away from patient identity toward a healthy future orientation and thus improving the course of therapy. Accordingly, the program should be integrated into standard inpatient therapy. In addition, the question arises as to the possible role of the program in primary prevention.