Resistance encountered in starting a group therapy program for suicide attempters in varied administrative settings.
This paper reports a number of areas of difficulty--funding issues, management and personal bias issues, theoretical issues--which emerged in the development of five treatment groups comprised entirely of depressed and suicidal patients. These groups reflected a coordinated effort between the city-county mental health system and the specific funding agencies. Strategies for overcoming these difficulties are dicussed.
D003155:Community Mental Health Centers; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology