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A Family‐Oriented Psychiatric Inpatient Unit
Author(s) -
HARBIN HENRY T.
Publication year - 1979
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.1545-5300.1979.00281.x
Subject(s) - unit (ring theory) , variety (cybernetics) , psychiatry , medicine , psychology , nursing , computer science , mathematics education , artificial intelligence
This article presents the structure and policies of a psychiatric inpatient unit that was developed with the goal of fully integrating family‐oriented treatment approaches into its therapeutic program. There is an explanation of different methods to involve families in the hospital treatment process and delineation of a variety of treatment techniques specific for families of inpatients. The role of the nursing staff is described as well as some of the contradictions and paradoxes that are inherent in this type of inpatient unit.