Natural disasters occur infrequently in Europe, but the spate of transportation, crowd and other disasters in the late 1980s challenged our collective denial of potential catastrophe. Greater attention is now given also to the frequent small-scale traumatic events which are just as devastating to the many people affected by them, such as violent assaults and road accidents.
The psychotherapist as consultant to in-patient psychiatric units may undertake any one of a number of specific tasks. Central to, and common to these, is his support of the effective work of the psychiatric unit's staff. The consultant's contribution is directed primarily towards enabling the staff to utilise themselves, i.e. their selves, to the full in their treatment of the patients.
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