[Group psychotherapy in borderline psychoneurotic diseases in adolescents: the basic principles and experience with...

An attempt is made to theoretically validate some principles of carrying out group psychotherapy in adolescents with borderline neuropsychic diseases, bearing in mind their psychological characteristics. After summarizing the experience gained with carrying out psychotherapy of 32 adolescents 3 principles were formulated: theoretical validation, clinico-psychological evidence for completing groups, structuring of the process of group psychotherapy. The suggested method of group psychotherapy is guided by the solution of problems in the "here and now" situation, provides special methods of introducing information, makes specific demands of the psychotherapist (emotional participation in the happening, the ability of being understood by the members of the group), training in different methods of information retrieval and giving. During group psychotherapy, the adolescents manifest formation of the feeling of responsibility for their behavior, the growth of social competence, destruction of egocentric aims and improvement of contacts in the families.