Group Psychotherapy of the Psychoses: Concepts, by Victor L. Schermer

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That is the value of the treatment espoused in this book. Effective treatment allows for an appreciation of the complexities of the mind, particularly the psychotic mind, but in the only way we can study it, that is, inter-subjectively. This volume, a collection of diverse Page 10 methods of group psychotherapy, sends a hopeful message to clinicians in a troubled time: these patients, although difficult to treat, can be helped. Ultimately, Cartesian dualism will be replaced by a synthesized view of the mind-in-the-brain.

Chapter 10) therapy groups are often convened for such patients without precise regard to more specific diagnoses. g. post-traumatic stress disorder complicated by substance abuse history), and so on. ) It is likely that the vast majority of groups which include psychotic patients are generic for the 'chronically mentally ill' and that only under specific circumstances are groups convened for a homogeneous diagnostic grouping. However, as diagnostic procedures and medications improve, we may see an increase in specialized diagnostic groups.

A view of schizophrenic detachment which held sway in the past and is still maintained in some quarters is that it is due to a fundamental lack of 'libido', what we would now consider a biochemical brain deficiency which presages a lack of interest or ability to engage in relationships with others. Following that line of reasoning would suggest that group therapists provide considerable support, structure, and education for schizophrenics but minimize the relational aspect of group treatment, other than to facilitate a degree of compassion and companionship for the sick individual.

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