Psychiatric Services
- Volume 28
- Number 6
- June 1977
Article
Publication date: 01 June 1977
Pages431–436The authors observed the management of 35 manic patients admitted to a 32-bed general hospital unit that emphasized milieu treatment. They concluded that the principles of treatment derived from the therapeutic community model—democratization and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.6.431Publication date: 01 June 1977
Pages436–440To obtain an operational description of the therapeutic community, the authors reviewed recent literature and composed a 40-item questionnaire describing aspects of the therapeutic community. The questionnaire was mailed to authors of recently published ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.6.436Publication date: 01 June 1977
Pages440–442Two case studies illustrate the positive effects of group psychotherapy for elderly outpatients of a municipal hospital in an industrial community of Baltimore. Most of the outpatients were depressed about physical, mental, or social losses. A total of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.6.440Publication date: 01 June 1977
Pages443–445The authors describe a short-term inpatient program for adolescents that uses a variety of group sessions to help them deal with their immediate problems and, when necessary, prepare them for outpatient treatment. No attempt at complete ego reconstruction ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.6.443Publication date: 01 June 1977
Pages445–447The authors have found small groups (called mini-groups) an effective way to work with patients who are too regressed or disturbed to benefit from individual psychotherapy and who find larger groups over-whelming and confusing. Mini-groups were formed in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.6.445Publication date: 01 June 1977
Pages448–450Whether a patient receives treatment in a 24-hour inpatient setting or a less restrictive day hospital program often depends strongly on what kinds of care the patient's health insurance policy covers. In 1974 advocates of partial hospitalization programs ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.28.6.448Past Issues
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