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J T Salvendy

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PubMed1991

Antidepressants in group psychotherapy.

This article alerts us to consider depression as a relatively frequent cause of impasse in the course of group psychotherapy. The authors recommend the combined use of antidepressant medication along with group psychotherapy when such depression is confirmed independently outside the group. Common obstacles and pitfalls preventing successful combined treatment are reviewed; the depressive logjam is differentiated from common resistance; and profiles of responders versus nonresponders are described. A rationale of the combined treatment, its results, and implications for group therapists are all delineated.

Adult↗
PubMed1984

Improving interviewing techniques through the bug-in-the-ear.

The author describes a simple, efficient and inexpensive tool to improve and accelerate the teaching of interviewing techniques. There are major advantages and some shortcomings to this method. Both are reviewed along with a survey carried out to gauge the experiences of psychiatric residency training programs across the continent with the "bug-in-the-ear". The author discusses the implications for residents, supervisors and patients and offers suggestions how to make this approach more available to non-using centers.

Communication↗
PubMed1980

Group psychotherapy training: a quest for standards.

This paper deals with the need of implementing standards into the training--and thus practice--of group psychotherapy. The author depicts the background and development of this treatment modality, pointing out the dangers in further unregulated growth. A rationale for the necessity of future guidelines is made in order to ensure proper levels of practice, to facilitate peer review, and for research and public accountability. The components of a comprehensive training program for group psychotherapy are described along with reasons for each. The international literature is reviewed, and relevant model programs and the problems involved are critically discussed. The author concludes that group psychotherapy is likely to become an even more widely practised treatment modality in the future. It will benefit the patients, the public at large and the mental health profession, if the latter will offer to the field of group psychotherapy more constructive criticism than in the past.

Canada↗