Marginal man, the tether of tradition, and intentional social system therapy
- 1 March 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Community Mental Health Journal
- Vol. 3 (1) , 13-20
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01543060
Abstract
The concept of marginal man and his relationship to traditional society is explored as a background for presenting the theory of intentional social system therapy and description of the “In-Vivo Therapeutic Community through Task Groups” project, which involves a particular subgroup of marginal man, the hospitalized mental patient. Concepts and approaches evolving out of work with this subgroup are presented and discussed in order to throw light on the possibilities of using the experiences in the mental hospital in other societal organizations.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Community Based Task Groups in Recovery of Mental PatientsArchives of General Psychiatry, 1967
- New concepts of rehabilitation as applied to hiring the ?mentally restored?Community Mental Health Journal, 1966