Group Psychotherapy in Norway.

Int J Group Psychother

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.

Published: October 2015

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.

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