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It is evident from previous reports that splitting of the staff group is a powerful and continual occurrence in the daily life of inpatient psychiatry services. It seems critical that a sophisticated psychiatry staff be able to tolerate and master the ability to work with these phenomena. If the staff may lead a work culture in which split off parts of the group and of the individual are integrated, then a fundamental need of psychiatric patients is being met. We present a method by which a staff may work at developing this competence in a brief, intensive conference.
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Gustafson, J., Hausman, W. The phenomenon of splitting in a small psychiatric organization: A case report. Soc Psychiatry 10, 199–203 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00578943
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