Jackson DA. The team meeting on a rapid turnover psychiatric ward: clinical illustration of a model for stages of group development.
Int J Group Psychother 1999;
49:41-59. [PMID:
10388236 DOI:
10.1080/00207284.1999.11490942]
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Abstract
This article illustrates stages of group development in a semi-structured team meeting of staff and patients in an inpatient psychiatric unit. Clinical material drawn from such a group at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center is presented in support of the view that, even in a rapid-turnover ward, group process in a mixed-level, mixed-diagnosis "ward meeting" follows some predictable lines and responds to the articulation of certain predictable concerns. Garland's (1981) model of group development is adapted to show the cyclical nature of group process in a teaching hospital, where doctors as well as patients may make only brief stays. Effective leadership strategies are suggested.
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