A method is described in which regressed schizophrenic patients on maintenance doses of neuroleptics receive their prescriptions in a group setting. Guided by the therapist, they learn to experience the give-and-take of interpersonal relationships. The result is a shift from the patients' preoccupation with themselves towards an interest in other people. While only a few patients have improved sufficiently to be able to work, the group experience has helped most participants by leading them towards involvement with other people.
References
1.
PaynS.B.: Group methods in the pharmacotherapy of chronic psychotic patients.Psychiatr Q39: 258–263, 1965.
2.
PaynS.B.: Reaching chronic schizophrenic patients with group pharmacotherapy.Int J Group Psychother24: 25–31, 1974.
3.
SullivanH.S.: Conceptions of Modem Psychiatry.Washington, D.C.: The William Alanson White Psychiatric Foundation,1947, p. 7.
