ABSTRACT

This book analyses the disturbance that HIV/AIDS causes in society and in the individual and shows how it can activate the destructive power of groups, if nothing is done to stem these effects. It is devoted to documenting experiences from a workshop the author convened in London in December 1987.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

part One|1 pages

The psychological and social impact of a virus

chapter Chapter One|9 pages

The reversal of meanings, values and attitudes

chapter Chapter Three|9 pages

The relevance of group analysis

chapter Chapter Four|10 pages

Healing power and destructive power of groups

part Two|1 pages

Group responses to the AIDS crisis: experiences from a workshop

chapter Chapter Five|8 pages

From the first idea to the final format

chapter Chapter Seven|7 pages

The four talks

chapter Chapter Eight|15 pages

The unspeakable emerges from the non-fishbowl

chapter Chapter Nine|26 pages

What happened behind seven closed doors?

chapter Chapter Ten|15 pages

Facing the darkness in the last plenary session

chapter Chapter Eleven|8 pages

The participants’ evaluation of the workshop

chapter Chapter Twelve|5 pages

Lessons derived from the workshop

chapter Chapter Thirteen|4 pages

Recommendations

part Three|1 pages

Looking towards the future

chapter Chapter Fourteen|7 pages

Strange phenomena