Sensitivity Training: Interpersonal "Overkill" and Other Problems

JOHN L. KUEHN and FRANCIS M. CRINELLAAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 126, Number 6

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.6.840

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This discussion of T-groups focuses on questions of ecology, selection, leadership, and ethics. The authors identify four groups of people who they feel should be systematically excluded from T-groups: psychotics, characterologic neurotics, hysterics, and individuals in crisis. They express concern that not enough attention is being paid to the need for knowledgeable and experienced leaders for sensitivity training groups.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 126 • Number 6 • December 1969

Pages: 840 - 845

PubMed: 5352212

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Published in print: December 1969

Published online: 1 April 2006

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JOHN L. KUEHN

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FRANCIS M. CRINELLA

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Clinical director for counseling and mental health services, assistant professor of psychiatry, and associate professor of psychology, at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La. 70803

Staff psychologist, at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La. 70803

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Sensitivity Training: Interpersonal "Overkill" and Other Problems

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