The use of medications in insight-oriented groups has not been adequat
ely investigated. We report a group in which the anxiolytic buspirone
appeared to be associated with attractiveness to the group in the face
of impending therapists' termination. We feel that in this group, med
ications became a variable associated with group cohesiveness, served
as a vehicle for the expression of group dynamics, and as an indicator
of regression within the group. These observations suggest that, unde
r certain circumstances, medications may become an important variable
in the process and expression of group dynamics.