Abstract
Analysis of a questionnaire, intended to provide information on the formal training and psychotherapeutic activities of personnel administering psychotherapy in New Zealand state-run psychiatric hospitals, revealed that most members of each professional group (psychiatrists, physicians, psychologists, social workers) claimed some formal training. Typically, preferred therapeutic techniques were based on psychoanalytic (psychiatrists and physicians) or non-directive (psychologists and social workers) models. The most common form of psychotherapy was, however, individual directive advice or counselling. An interesting finding was the wide acceptance of psychotherapeutic intervention with psychotics. The relevance of psychotherapy within the New Zealand psychiatric hospital context was discussed.
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