Siblings of People Diagnosed with a Mental Disorder and Posttraumatic Growth

Overview

Journal Community Ment Health J

Specialty Health Services

Date 2012 Feb 22

PMID 22350628

Citations 2

Authors

Avihay Sanders

Kate Szymanski

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Abstract

This study examines the potential for posttraumatic growth (PTG) for siblings of persons diagnosed with a mental disorder. Using the posttraumatic growth Inventory we compared siblings (N = 33) with a comparison group of participants who did not experience trauma (N = 30). Our group of participants who had a sibling diagnosed with a mental disorder by a mental health professional (N = 33) reported higher PTG scores with mostly large effect sizes on most of the inventory subscales. Participants who took an active role in care giving experienced less PTG than participants who did not. Having a sibling diagnosed with a mental disorder presents an opportunity to experience PTG. Implications for the therapeutic milieus are discussed.

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