Inpatient group psychotherapy

Abstract

Psychiatry has available many different treatment methods. Characteristically, there is polarization between psychotherapeutic and medical approaches, seen as competing and incompatible. However, given flexibility they can be complementary and synergistic. This article reviews the place of inpatient group psychotherapy on the contemporary psychiatric ward. Its main theme is that group therapy is an important element in treatment, which to be effective should be central and not peripheral in the ward.