Problem Group Members
At times, despite cautious screening, an individual decompensates in the early stages of therapy, perhaps because of unanticipated stress from life circumstances, or from the group, or perhaps because of poor adherence to a medication regimen. This is a major event for the group and always creates substantial problems for the newly formed group(and, of course, who is likely to slide into a deviant role in the group and eventually terminate treatment, often much the worse for the experience).