A Program of Life-Skills Training through Interdisciplinary Group Processes

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  • Mildred F. Powell Author

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https://doi.org/10.12926/8y5cww10

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Abstract

The interdisciplinary group processes/life-skills training program has been a consistent and systematic psychotherapeutic offering of the psychiatry service of the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, since 1979. Current group offerings consist of 13 specialized groups. Research findings suggest that a variety of the life skills can be acquired within a relatively short period of time. There is evidence that this comprehensive program of life-skills training is effectively and efficiently utilized with a population of
hospitalized psychiatric patients.

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2025-03-14

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Vol. 38 No. 1 (1985): Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry

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