ABSTRACT
This article discusses preliminary psychosocial data from an efficacy study on the
effects of group communication treatment in adults with chronic aphasia. Using a qualitative
interview approach, participants with aphasia and their relatives/caregivers reported
many positive psychosocial changes following treatment. The results suggest that group
communication treatment had an impact on participants' home and community lives without
direct treatment in those settings. Results are discussed in the context of managed
care, group theory, and positive health.
KEY WORDS
group treatment - aphasia - psychosocial
