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This paper describes sequential events in a small, slow-open, mixed weekly therapeutic group. Six psychopathic patients and two carefully selected chronic psychotics form the membership of this group, conducted in a maximum security hospital for treating mentally abnormal offenders.
The views presented in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Dept. of Health and Social Security
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Cox, M. (1982). The Psychotic Patient as ‘Co-Therapist’. In: Pines, M., Rafaelsen, L. (eds) The Individual and the Group. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8154-9_27
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