Group therapy has been an important, effective, and growing part of the psychotherapy scene over the past 40 years. In a 1983 (Pinney, 1986) survey of 194 university-affiliated psychiatric residency training programs, 91% were found to offer at least one year of group therapy training. Earlier surveys show continued growth from 48% in 1950 (Ward,
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.