title: [Balint groups in psychotherapy of elderly patients].
abstract: Care of the elderly is typified by the relationship: elderly client/patient--younger helper/therapist. In Balint groups, relationships in interpersonal interactions are examined. This leads to a "patient-oriente" view and enables the participants to formulate a "comprehensive diagnosis". Multi-professional "gerontological"-Balint groups reduce reciprocal prejudices and value-judgements and promote cooperation between professional groups, further the understanding of the elderly in need of care, as well as the formulation of a patient-oriented "comprehensive treatment plan". By including creative productions in the Balint-group process, unconscious determinants of disturbed interpersonal relationships can be made "visible".
authors: Abteilung für Gerontopsychiatrie, Rheinischen Landesklinik Bonn.
authors: R D
authors: RD
authors: Hirsch
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Balintgruppen in der Altenarbeit.