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Decision‐Making as to the Choice of Family Therapy in an Adolescent In‐Patient Setting
Author(s) -
EVANS HARVEY A.,
CHAGOYA LEOPOLDO,
RAKOFF VIVIAN
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1971.00097.x
Subject(s) - family therapy , unit (ring theory) , psychology , medicine , psychotherapist , mathematics education
One hundred adolescent cases admitted to an in‐patient unit were studied to determine how often conjoint family therapy was used. Although the explicit policy of the ward was to use this form of treatment in all cases, in fact only fifty per cent were so treated. This paper reviews the possible explanations for this.