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THERAPEUTIC PROGRAMMING FOR THE NON-PSYCHOTIC PATIENT

CARROLL M. BRODSKY and AMES FISCHERAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 120, Number 8

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.120.8.793

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Forty-seven patients suffering from personality disorders manifested through somatic symptoms or behavioral crises were treated by short-term hospitalization on a ward reserved primarily for acute psychotic disorders. The patients had been refractory to previous treatment approaches.

The average hospitalization lasted 16 days and consisted of a highly structured program designed to restore the patient to social functioning and to provide a setting and a vocabulary for converting somatic and behavioral expression into verbal expression. Family members were involved in the treatment.

In most of the cases there was a complete loss of presenting symptoms and disturbance at the time of discharge. A follow-up study 18-30 months after discharge revealed that the gains persisted in 2/3 of the group evaluated.

The results are attributed to specific social, psychological, and educational processes requiring a particular kind of ward structure and staff attitude for successful results.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 120 • Number 8 • February 1964

Pages: 793 - 797

PubMed: 14115473

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Published in print: February 1964

Published online: 1 April 2006

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CARROLL M. BRODSKY

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AMES FISCHER

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University of California School of Medicine (Psychiatry), San Francisco.

The Langley Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute, San Francisco.

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THERAPEUTIC PROGRAMMING FOR THE NON-PSYCHOTIC PATIENT

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