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Abstract

Organized Group Psychotherapy in Austria
In the country in which group psychotherapy originated, a Society of Group Psychotherapy has been formed under the name "Osterreichischer Arbeitskreis fur Gruppentherapie und Gruppendynamik." It has already a membership of 70 special_ists and is divided into three sections: (I) Doctors of Medicine under the direction of Dr. Strotzka and Dr. Berner; (2) Social Psychologists under the direction of Dr. Rosenmayr and Dr. Lindner; and (3) a further section for Law and Social Work under the direction of Dr. Doleisch and Dr. Rotter. The secretary is Dr. R. Schindler, the foremost pioneer and exponent of group psychotherapy in Austria. Write to
Psychiatr.-Neurol. Univ. Klinik, Lazarettgasse 14, Wien IX, Austria. Dr. Schindler and Dr. Strotzka are contributing editors of the International Section of our journal GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY. We will report from time to time about the development of group psychotherapy and group dynamics in Austria which is the first country on the European continent to start an organized group psychotherapy society.