Mitteilungen aus der Institution - Balint-Arbeit und Psychiatrisches Krankenhaus

Communications out of the Institution - the Balint Group and the Psychiatric Hospital Balint training of psychiatrists presenting relationships with hospitalised patients is in different kind influenced by institutions within the psychiatric hospital. Of great importance is the perception of psychiatric hospitals by non-psychiatric group members as well as the perception of psychiatrists by the group leader. The presented doctor/inpatient relationships are also influenced by society's mandate to psychiatry as well as the characteristics of the internal structure of the hospital. The paper reflects these aspects…