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Outpatient alcoholics view group therapy

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Eight chronic alcoholic outpatients who completed six months of a biweekly therapy group returned questionnaires based on Yalom's concepts of group therapy curative factors. The questionnaire data revealed that the most helpful factors were instillation of hope, altruism, group cohesiveness, interpersonal output and universality. These results are discussed with reference to other studies using Yalom's technique.

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  1. VA Medical Center (116A), 4150 Clement Street, 94121, San Francisco, CA

    Nick Kanas M.D. (Assistant Chief, Psychiatry Service, and Program Director, Substance Abuse Physician Fellowship Program, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry) &  Mary Ann Barr Ph.D. (Assistant Chief, Psychology Service, and Chief, Alcohol Inpatient Unit, Lecturer of Medical Psychology (Psychiatry)

  2. University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco

    Nick Kanas M.D. (Assistant Chief, Psychiatry Service, and Program Director, Substance Abuse Physician Fellowship Program, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry) &  Mary Ann Barr Ph.D. (Assistant Chief, Psychology Service, and Chief, Alcohol Inpatient Unit, Lecturer of Medical Psychology (Psychiatry)

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Supported by Biomedical Research Support Grant Number 2-0570260-30102, Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, San Francisco, California.

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Kanas, N., Barr, M.A. Outpatient alcoholics view group therapy. Group 6, 17–20 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01456569

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