Group Psychotherapy in Norway

Steinar Lorentzen; Theresa Wilberg; Egil W Martinsen

doi:10.1521/ijgp.2015.65.4.543

Group Psychotherapy in Norway

Int J Group Psychother. 2015 Oct;65(4):543-51. doi: 10.1521/ijgp.2015.65.4.543.

Authors

Steinar Lorentzen¹, Theresa Wilberg², Egil W Martinsen³

Affiliations

¹ Professor emeritus and a psychiatrist at the Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo.
² Senior researcher at the Department of Research and Development, Clinic for Mental Health and Addiction, at Oslo University Hospital.
³ Head of the Department of Research and Development, Clinic for Mental Health and Addiction, at Oslo University Hospital and professor at the Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo.

PMID: 26401797
DOI: 10.1521/ijgp.2015.65.4.543

Abstract

This paper gives an overview of group psychotherapy in Norway: the history, approaches in use, programs for systematic training, how group services are financed, and finally how practice and research are integrated in the public mental health system.

Publication types

Historical Article
Review

MeSH terms

History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Norway
Psychotherapy, Group* / economics
Psychotherapy, Group* / history
Psychotherapy, Group* / methods
Psychotherapy, Group* / organization & administration