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ACUTE PSYCHOSIS PRECIPITATED BY ENCOUNTER GROUP EXPERIENCE
Author(s) -
Sale Ian,
BudtzOlsen Inge,
Craig Graham,
Kalucy Ross
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1980.tb134732.x
Subject(s) - attendance , authoritarianism , psychology , psychosis , style (visual arts) , psychiatry , large group , medicine , clinical psychology , political science , history , democracy , archaeology , politics , law , mathematics education
Three female patients who suffered acute psychotic illness are described. All these patients became ill during or shortly after attendance at an encounter group run by a single organization. The leadership style of encounter groups run by this organization appears to have been confrontative and authoritarian. Previous studies of “encounter group casualties” suggest that this leadership style is associated with a high risk of psychological injury.