The Psychiatric Day Center in the Treatment of the Chronic Schizophrenic

IRWIN GOOTNICKAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 128, Number 4

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.4.485

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The treatment needs of the posthospitalized chronic schizophrenic have not been successfully met by one-to-one psychotherapy, mostly due to the transference problems in the patient-therapist relationship. The author believes that the group therapy and social experience provided in a psychiatric day center better meet the needs of these patients, leading to a marked decrease in rehospitalization rates and to significant functional improvement.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 128 • Number 4 • October 1971

Pages: 485 - 488

PubMed: 4329140

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Published in print: October 1971

Published online: 1 April 2006

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IRWIN GOOTNICK

Director, Psychiatric Day Center, San Francisco, Calif., and is also Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry at both the Department of Psychiatry, University of California at San Francisco, and at McAuley Neuropsychiatric Institute, Saint Mary's Hospital, San Francisco, Calif.

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The Psychiatric Day Center in the Treatment of the Chronic Schizophrenic

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