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The American Journal of Family Therapy Volume 45, 2017 - Issue 1
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Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy With Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Pilot Study

Simona GhedinInstitute for Research, Hospitalization and Health Care (IRCCS) San Camillo, Venice, Italy
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Alberto SemiPsychoanalytic Society Italian, Venice, Italy
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Floriana CaccamoDepartment of Philosophy, Sociology, Education, and Applied Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Luca CaldironiPsychoanalytic Society Italian, Venice, Italy
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Cristina MarognaDepartment of Philosophy, Sociology, Education, and Applied Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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Francesco PiccioneIRCCS San Camillo, Venice, Italy
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Rosaria StabileInstitute for Research, Hospitalization and Health Care (IRCCS) San Camillo, Venice, Italy
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Rita LorioInstitute for Research, Hospitalization and Health Care (IRCCS) San Camillo, Venice, Italy
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Giulio VidottoDepartment of General Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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Pages 15-26 | Published online: 20 Sep 2016
 
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ABSTRACT

This research wants to verify the effectiveness of couple's treatment, when a neurodegenerative disease affects one of the two partners. The disease affects not only the ailing individual, but also the dynamics within the couple. Fourteen patients affected by neurodegenerative diseases participated in an emotionally focused couple therapy (EFT) with their spouses. We collected a measure of the quality of life (SF-36) and relationship satisfaction (DAS) at the beginning and at the end of the treatment for both partners. The results show an improvement in quality of life and couple contentment, underlining the usefulness of such a psychotherapeutic intervention on the couple.

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