INTRODUCTION
Howard D. Kibel, Mariaclotilde Colucci, Francesca Vasta

The Difficult Patient in Group: Blendig the mayor psychoanalitic perspectives

Howard D. Kibel

(The following is a modification of a chapter that is to appear in the forthcoming textbook: Praxis der Gruppenpsychotherapie, Tschuschke, Volker. (ed.), Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag,)

Introduction
The term "difficult patient" was coined nearly 25 years ago by Malcolm Pines (1975). He described a group of patients who were ordinarily not treated in groups at that time. These patients were characteristically self-centered and preoccupied with their own painful existence to the exclusion of others.

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The use of Medication Groups for the treatment of patients with Mayor mental Illnesses
David W. Brook

A Model of group psychoterapy for persons with cronic mental illness
Walter N. Stone

Parzial Ospitalization Programs
Hassan F. Azim

Medication-Support Groups: Are they "Group Therapy"?
Paul Cox

Model-Scene and group in a group of young chronic psychotic patients
Antonello Correale and Patrizia Masoni

The elaboration of depression in the group
Stefania Marinelli

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Howard D. Kibel, Antonello Correale, Mariaclotilde Colucci, Francesca Vasta.