Psychiatric practice as it appears in the Balint group
Guyotat, J.
Schweizer Archiv für Neurologie Neurochirurgie und Psychiatrie 128(2): 251-261
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-7273 PMID: 7256220 Document Number: 172038
The author reports on his experience as Balint group leader, either with only psychiatrists, or with both G.P.s and psychiatrist. After recalling what is precisely meant by "Balint group" he emphasizes: 1. The shift from psychotherapeutic attitudes towards systematizes psychotherapies. 2. The psychodynamic of psychotropic drug prescription as it appears in the clinical cases reported by the group members. 3. The way a psychiatrist may use his "personal deficiencies" to understand a peculiar case. 4. The special features of psychotic patient care by the G.P.s and the deriving relationship problems with the psychiatrist.