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Community Intervention with the Elderly: A Social Network Approach
Author(s) -
GARRISON JOHN E.,
HOWE JOANN
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1976.tb06805.x
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , medicine , intervention (counseling) , distress , social network (sociolinguistics) , session (web analytics) , mental health , psychiatry , gerontology , clinical psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence , social media , world wide web
A technique is described for using the advantages of a social systems approach when working with elderly persons in psychiatric distress. The technique is based on the assumption that the solution to a variety of human predicaments lies within the collective instrumental and affective resources of the client's social network. The vehicle for accomplishing this objective is the “Network Session” during which a mental health professional meets with the elderly person and members of his/her social network to help resolve the difficulty. A case report demonstrating use of the technique is included.