Partial Hospitalization

TRAMA

There was a time, not long ago, when the only treatment options considered to be worthwhile for patients requiring psychiatric care were the 50-minute hour on the one hand, or full-time hospitalization on the other. Most of us were convinced in those days that treatment could, and indeed should, take place with a minimum of involvement by the patient's family. Nor did we really consider that the community in which a patient lived was a significant contributor to either his illness or its cure. These naive assumptions were strongly challenged, of course, be­ ginning with the questions of social psychiatrists in the 50s and con­ tinuing with the quiet growth of the patients' rights movement. Thus it is no mere coincidence that when the community psychiatry movement emerged in the mid-60s as a powerful force for profound change in our traditional practice, the concept of partial hospitalization, which can be traced back at least 30 years, became a symbol of the new social psychiatry. Partial hospitalization had singular advantages well attuned to the times: it did not force a separation between the patient and his family; it cost far less to deliver than inpatient care; and it avoided the stigma of institutionalization while still providing far more care than the traditional psychotherapeutic hour. In a few years' time, several well­ controlled studies documented that virtually all patients who were cus­ tomarily treated on an inpatient basis could be effectively managed and treated in a day hospital.

SOMMARIO

Foreword.- I: Treatment Approaches to Partial Hospitalization Introduction.- 1 The Scope and Growth of Partial Hospitalization.- 2 Behavioral Approaches to Partial Hospitalization.- 3 Organization of the Therapeutic Milieu in the Partial Hospital.- II: Special Populations Introduction.- 4 Partial Hospitalization Programs for Children and Adolescents.- 5 Partial Hospitalization for Mentally Retarded Citizens.- III: Research in Partial Hospitalization Introduction.- 6 Research Considerations.- IV: Problems and Future Directions Introduction.- 7 Treatment Orientation and Program Implications.- 8 Patient Population and Treatment Programming.- 9 Funding Partial Hospitalization Programs.- 10 Future Directions of Partial Hospitalization.- Author Index.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781461329664
• Collana: NATO Science Series B:
• Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: XVII, 205 p.
• Pagine Arabe: 205
• Pagine Romane: xvii