GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY AS ADJUNCT TREATMENT OF EPILEPTIC PATIENTS
Preliminary Report
ALBERT L. DEUTSCH M. D., and
JOSEPH ZIMMERMAN M. D.
In our studies it was found that group psychotherapy is of definite value as an adjunct treatment of convulsive disorders in that
1. It attempted to eradicate the patient's fears concerning the disease.
2. It eliminated superstitions and misconceptions.
3. It gave the patient an opportunity to ventilate freely his fears and anxieties concerning the illness.
4. It was useful in discussing the availability of vocational rehabilitation, advisement and guidance, and training.
5. It served as a means of improving the patient-family relationship.
6. It produced "esprit de corps" and thus helped to eliminate the patients' feeling of being a social outcast.
7. It established a means of handling large groups of patients simultaneously on a therapeutic level.
