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Teaching group and organisational dynamics to psychiatric trainees

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

R. Cawthra*
Affiliation:
Special Care and Rehabilitation Services, St Nicholas Hospital, Jubilee Road, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 3XT
R. Porter
Affiliation:
Special Care and Rehabilitation Services, St Nicholas Hospital, Jubilee Road, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 3XT
S. T. Kathriarachchi
Affiliation:
University of Sri Jayawardanepura, Sri Lanka
*
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Junior psychiatrists in the UK often receive only minimal training in psychodynamic aspects of group processes, especially as applied to the understanding of organisational dynamics. Yet these processes may be an important force operating in clinical teams, in both hospital and community settings.

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