Am J Psychiatry 1978; 135:1505-1508
Copyright © 1978 by American Psychiatric Association
Group therapy training in psychiatric residency programs: a national survey
EL Pinney, SH Wells and B Fisher
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.
