The Assessment of Progress After at Least Two Years of Group Psychotherapy

Phillipson, H.

doi:10.1111/j.2044-8341.1958.tb01214.x

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“…Our study has suggested that anxiety asso ciated with participation in group therapy is one of the commonest causes of lapsing, and largely responsible for 24 out of our 37 patients lapsing. Phillipson (1958) and believes that these anxieties were either the main or the secondary cause for lapsing in 23 out of his 35 drop-outs.…”

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A Study of Patients who Lapsed from Group Psychotherapy

Sethna

Harrington²

1971

Br J Psychiatry

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This investigation is a direct sequel to the work on evaluation of group psychotherapy already published in this journal (Sethna and Harrington, 1971). The method, setting and aims of the main investigation were described in the original paper and will not be repeated here. The need for the present study became evident when it was found that of the 94 patients considered for the evaluation study as many as 37 (41 per cent) lapsed or discharged themselves without completing their treatment, and against medical advice.

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A Study of Patients who Lapsed from Group Psychotherapy

Sethna

Harrington²

1971

Br J Psychiatry

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“…The literature (Brown and Kosterlitz, 1964;Frank, et al, 1957, Phillipson, 1958Rubenstein & Lorr, 1956;Sethna, 1971;Sullivan, Miller, & Melser, 1958;Taulbee 1958) suggests that patients with affect and with the ability to relate to groups of people, and those dissatisfied with self, more educated, more anxious, and better integrated are the ones who remain in treatment. Some authors (Sullivan Miller & Melser, 1958;Taylor, 1956) report a tendency to drop out between the 9th and 21st interviews.…”

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“…Others White, Fichtenbaun, & Dollard, 1964) state that the individual therapist is a factor. Phillipson (1958) in evaluating improvement in group therapy among a highly selected semiprofessional population chose 2 years as the minimal period to expect lasting changes. Beck (1969) reports on the advantages of group therapy with the poor and their own perceptions of each other's potential.…”

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Social class and group therapy in a working class population

Wold

Steger

1976

Community Ment Health J

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In a clinic in which the assignment of patients to therapy was demonstrated as not affected by social class and in which no patient was excluded as unsuitable, 45% of those referred to group therapy stayed 2 or more years. The only category that consistently correlated with not remaining in treatment was that of unemployment. When unemployed persons were included there appeared to be a significant correlation between a stay of 2 or more years and social class. When only employed persons were considered, this significance disappeared.

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