A History of Group and Administrative Therapy in Great Britain

An objective evaluation of geriatric ward meetings.

“…Most hospitals that have attempted such a programme have probably regarded the ward group meeting as an important part of the regime. However, as several authors have pointed out, there have been few attempts to evaluate the efficiency of group psychotherapy in any exact or controlled way (Burchard, Michaels, and Kotkov, 1948;Linden, 1953;Wolff, 1957;Taylor, 1958).…”

The Disturbed Behaviour of Patients in Psychiatric Wards

“…Through their informal ons patients were able to manage important aspects ir relations with staff, especially the doctors. Devereux (1944) During the second World War the first attempts were made at a military hospital near Birmingham which resulted in the so-called 'Northfield experiment' (Taylor, 1958). Main (19A6) was the first to introduce the term therapeutic community in the literature.…”