title: On scrutiny: a nuclear idea.
abstract: Scrutiny has been investigated in ethnology, political philosophy, social and aesthetic criticism, in empirical developmental research, and in this paper, as a nuclear idea. I describe a series of group psychotherapy sessions in which each member's mental relationship to the prospect or experience of scrutinizing or being scrutinized became a prominent and productive theme in the group, and was treated psychoanalytically.
authors.affiliation: Postdoctoral Program in Group Psychotherapy, Derner Institute, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, USA. RMBillow@gmail.com
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Billow
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*