title: Starting a therapy group in a suicide prevention and crisis center.
abstract: This report outlines the experience of one center in establishing a group therapy program, discussing the "readiness" of the center, reservations of the governing board, qualifications and number of group leaders, composition of the group, time-place-duration of meetings, "open" versus "closed" structure, vagaries of obtaining participants, integration with the 24-hour telephone crisis service, problems of confidentiality, and dealing with the suicide of a group member.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003219:Confidentiality; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D005260:Female; D006075:Governing Board; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000193:education; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D000092864:Suicide Prevention