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Adapting milieu therapy to short-term psychiatric hospitalization of children. 1991

M Irwin, and P M Kline, and M Gordon

Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse 13210.

Traditional concepts of long-term residential treatment of children are adapted for use on short-term psychiatric units. A model of milieu therapy is proposed which emphasizes the fostering of discriminate interpersonal attachments. Specific interventions, the use of limits, and the role of other therapies are discussed in the context of this model.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007398	Interpersonal Relations	The reciprocal interaction of two or more persons.	Social Relationships,Husband-Wife Communication,Partner Communication,Communication, Husband-Wife,Communication, Partner,Husband Wife Communication,Husband-Wife Communications,Interpersonal Relation,Partner Communications,Relation, Interpersonal,Relationship, Social,Social Relationship
D007902	Length of Stay	The period of confinement of a patient to a hospital or other health facility.	Hospital Stay,Hospital Stays,Stay Length,Stay Lengths,Stay, Hospital,Stays, Hospital
D008884	Milieu Therapy	A treatment program based on manipulation of the patient's environment by the medical staff. The patient does not participate in planning the treatment regimen.	Situational Therapy,Therapy, Milieu,Therapy, Situational,Milieu Therapies,Situational Therapies,Therapies, Milieu,Therapies, Situational
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D006760	Hospitalization	The confinement of a patient in a hospital.	Hospitalizations
D006778	Hospitals, Psychiatric	Special hospitals which provide care to the mentally ill patient.	Mental Hospitals,Hospitals, Mental,Mental Institutions,Psychiatric Hospitals,Hospital, Mental,Hospital, Psychiatric,Institution, Mental,Institutions, Mental,Mental Hospital,Mental Institution,Psychiatric Hospital
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001523	Mental Disorders	Psychiatric illness or diseases manifested by breakdowns in the adaptational process expressed primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior producing either distress or impairment of function.	Mental Illness,Psychiatric Diseases,Psychiatric Disorders,Psychiatric Illness,Behavior Disorders,Diagnosis, Psychiatric,Mental Disorders, Severe,Psychiatric Diagnosis,Illness, Mental,Mental Disorder,Mental Disorder, Severe,Mental Illnesses,Psychiatric Disease,Psychiatric Disorder,Psychiatric Illnesses,Severe Mental Disorder,Severe Mental Disorders