61st Annual Conference

Session 215
Isolated and Confined Environments: Applications to Group Therapy

Presenter:           

Nick Kanas, M.D., CGP, FAGPA, Professor of Psychiatry, University of

California, San Francisco, California                       

Research in isolated and confined environments (e.g., Antarctica, submarines, space simulators, on-orbit space missions) can inform us about small group process.  Psychosocial findings from such settings will be reviewed, and their relevance for group therapy will be discussed in terms of group stages, leadership, cultural effects, and displacement.

Course References:

1. Kanas, N. & Manzey, D. (2003). Space Psychology and Psychiatry.  Torrance, CA: Microcosm

    Press, and Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

2. Kanas, N, Salnitskiy, V, Weiss, DS, et al. (2001).  Crewmember and ground personnel

    interactions over time during Shuttle/Mir space missions.  Aviation, Space, and Environmental

    Medicine, 72, 453-461. 

3. Harrison, A., Clearwater, Y.  & McKay, C. (1991).  (eds). From Antarctica to Outer Space.  New

    York: Springer-Verlag.