Group therapy training in psychiatric residency programs: a national survey.

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The authors used a questionnaire sent to the directors of the 256 approved American psychiatric residency programs to examine the availability, content, and orientations of group therapy training. They found that 78% of the responding programs offered group therapy training, a substantial increase from earlier estimates; that an approach incorporating didactic courses, observation and leadership of groups, supervision, and participation in an experiential group was gaining increased acceptance; that most of the programs provided a variety of arrangements for supervision of group training; that the theoretical orientations mirrored the field of group therapy itself; and, finally, that associated disciplines were gaining increasing acceptance.

Author information

Author/s: Pinney, E L (EL); Wells, S H (SH); Fisher, B (B);

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: The American journal of psychiatry (Am J Psychiatry), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1978-Dec; vol 135 (issue 12) : pp 1505-8

Dates: Created 1979/01/26; Completed 1979/01/26; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 717566, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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