Mental Health and Mental Disorder
The emergence of group methods in the treatment of mental illness in this country is still regarded with some suspicion, though most people agree that the shortage of psychiatric time necessarily precludes individual intensive psychotherapy for all but the most seriously ill.
Abstract
Mental Health and Mental Disorder. Edited by Arnold M. Rose. Routledge and Kegan Paul. 40s. The emergence of group methods in the treatment of mental illness in this country is still regarded with some suspicion by many workers in the mental health field. There is a tendency to consider the treatment of numbers of patients at the same time as a second best, though most people agree that the shortage of psychiatric time necessarily precludes individual intensive psychotherapy for all but