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Beginning Work with Families of Hospitalized Adolescents
Author(s) -
Hanrahan Georgianna
Publication year - 1986
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.1545-5300.1986.00391.x
Subject(s) - autonomy , family therapy , psychology , work (physics) , systemic therapy , family member , medicine , psychiatry , family medicine , political science , law , cancer , breast cancer , mechanical engineering , engineering
This paper describes systemic issues that are central to the admission of an adolescent family member for inpatient psychiatric evaluation and treatment, and proposes ways in which family therapy on admission can offer opportunities for the growth, development, and autonomy of the adolescent, the family system, and the hospital system.