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Publication details [#49831]

Montgomery, Charles. 2006. The Virtue of Depression in the Secret Life of Shame: A Group-Analytic Perspective. Group Analysis 39 (1) : 73–85.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

communication | group therapy | health | mental state | psychotherapy

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Annotation

This paper argues that concealed shame induces a fragile state of mind in which rage and revenge emotions are blanketed by self-directed anger/depression. In this view, depression functions as protection and form of communication.