Am J Psychiatry 1979; 136:906-910
Copyright © 1979 by American Psychiatric Association
The crisis group--an outcome study
JM Donovan, MJ Bennett and CM McElroy
The authors describe the day-to-day functioning and outcome of an 8-
session, active, crisis-oriented outpatient psychotherapy group. Symptoms
of anxiety and depression improved significantly in participants of the
crisis group; these changes were even more positive at 1-year follow-up.
The authors speculate that the success of the crisis group can be
attributed to the felicitous characteristics of the patients and to the
group structure and function, which provided an excellent vehicle for
crisis intervention management.
