[Film work of an autonomous group of patients]

For the past 16 years an autonomous group of patients has been making films at the university psychiatric clinic in Lausanne. A professional technician is available for consultation on technical problems, but strictly refrains from intervening in the creative work proper. In this way authentic documents emerge dealing with the group's collective experience, whilst each participant is conscious of his personal involvement in the enterprise. There is a discussion of the various therapeutic aspects of this kind of group work.