Michael and Enid Balint began running seminars for GPs (family physicians) in London in
the late 1950s. Balint groups were soon started in other countries leading to the formation of …

… In this extraordinary and enlightening volume, general practitioner John Salinsky guides the
… Developed from his long-running column 'Education for Primary care, Dr Salinsky's book …

In a practice of 6000 patients, all long term users of day time benzodiazepine tranquillizers
were identified and matched for age and sex with controls. Patients and controls were asked …

… The second is a personal view from John Salinsky about the place of Balint groups in GP
vocational training. John Salinsky was trained in a traditional Balint group for established …

The Balint group is probably one of the earliest methods of clinical supervision to be
provided for family doctors. The group and the method are named after Michael Balint, a …

In this chapter, Henry Jablonski, Dorte Kjeldmand, and John Salinsky describe the Balint group
principles and process. They provide examples of Balint groups at work, all of which start …

After 40 years in Balint groups and 35 years as a group leader, I am still unsure about what
really goes on in a Balint group. Especially, when I am leading it. I have been giving this a lot …

In Chapter 5, Dorte Kjeldmand, Henry Jablonski, and John Salinsky pose the question, ‘Do
doctors and their patients benefit from conversations in small groups about clinical cases?’ …

… They decided to devote a whole session to what had become known as “Dr Salinsky’s
Problem.”(We addressed each other very formally at that stage and it was not until we had been …

IN the 1950s, Michael Balint showed general practitioners the value of listening to their
patients and tuning in to their feel-ings.'The emotional distress underlying many of our patients' …