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Pilot validation of special scale Schizophrenia Proneness in czech version of MMPI-2 for detection of the psychotic spectrum disorders
Slezáková, Klára ; Michalec, Jiří (advisor) ; Bezdíček, Ondřej (referee)
This Master's thesis is a pilot validation study of the Schizophrenia Proneness scale (SzP; Bolinskey et al., 2001), a special scale that was additionally derived from MMPI-2 items to predict an increased tendency to develop schizophrenia and schizophrenia-related illnesses in the future. Despite the previous promising results, further validation of the scale's properties is needed, including validation in a sample of patients who are already in the acute phase of their illness (Nichols & Crowhurst, 2006). The aim of this thesis is to describe the scale and pilot validate it in a sample of just these patients. The literature review section is divided into three chapters describing: schizophrenia and the possibilities of predicting schizophrenia and psychosis; the MMPI-2 psychodiagnostic method and the specifics of its use in an inpatient psychiatric ward; and the SzP scale, its development and properties. The aim of the research is to pilot test the validity of the SzP scale in the Czech environment by comparing the results of patients with psychotic versus non-psychotic type of difficulties. The research sample consisted of 312 patients. The Student's t-test for independent samples found no statistically significant difference between the groups of patients. On this basis, it was not proceeded to...
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Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Used in the Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Slezáková, Klára ; Niederlová, Markéta (advisor) ; Pabištová, Katarína (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with the use of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), a program originally designed to prevent relapse of depression, in the treatment of patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). The literature review section provides a description of mindfulness, the MBCT program and its sources, and presents current results of studies focused on the use of program in the treatment of various types of affective and anxiety disorders, especially GAD. The characteristics of GAD are described in a separate chapter, including common treatment. Part of the work is the design of a research project, which has two aims. First, to compare the level of mindfulness and anxiety measured by questionnaires in patients with GAD at the time before, directly after, and three months after completing the program. Second, to find out how the former MBCT participants have used the techniques they had learned, in their everyday lives after completing the program. Keywords MBCT; GAD; Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Mindfulness
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