Transcultural issues in the dynamics of a Balint clinical reflection group for community mental health workers

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 366-376

  Leggett, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Balint group; community mental health; cultural countertransference; family systems; peer supervision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BALINT GROUP; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; ETHICS; FAMILY CONFLICT; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL WORKER;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP;

EID: 84859796249     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461511432494     Document Type: Article

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