Freud's group psychology revisited: An opportunity missed.

This brief essay was sparked by a long overdue new book (Person, 2001) dealing with Freud's 1921 monograph on group psychology. This volume, regrettably, failed to relate Freud's promising, precursory ideas to his own behavior as a leader, as well as to subsequent seminal contributions to psychoanalytic and group theories and to group psychotherapy. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Leopold Bellak (1916–2000).

Memorializes Leopold Bellak, best known for his work on the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) and its variants and for his federally funded comparative study of ego functions in people with and without schizophrenia. Trained as a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, he served as professor of psychology at New York University and as clinical professor of psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Beginning with his seminal book Dementia Praecox: A Review and Evaluation (1948), Bellak authored or co-authored several books and scholarly articles. He received the American Psychological Association's 1992 Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

The small healing group--a historical overview.

From its primitive beginnings as a healing agency, modern group psychotherapy has experienced impressive expansion as an effective treatment modality. Its 1st major growth spurt occurred during World War II when military psychiatrists were forced by the large numbers of psychological casualties to resort to group intervention. The American community mental health center movement of the 1960s added further impetus for the use of group measures because of the urgent need to serve large numbers of people with limited staffs. Currently, as approaches range from clinical therapy groups to derivative preventive and supportive interventions reaching out to virtually all human services, group psychotherapy plays a major role in the country's move toward managed health care. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)