title: Applications of cognitive testing to group therapies with the chronically mentally ill.
abstract: Appreciation of the various cognitive deficits displayed by many chronic patients offers an alternative way of understanding each patient's predicament and an alternative way of approaching group and milieu therapies with chronic patients. Case examples taken from a test protocol based on neuropsychological testing procedures illustrate the clinical information that can be obtained in this important, but relatively unexplored area.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Erickson
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*