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Milieu Therapy: A Therapeutic Loophole
Author(s) -
Delaney Kathleen R.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.1997.tb00537.x
Subject(s) - operationalization , demise , confusion , psychological intervention , psychology , psychotherapist , medicine , nursing , psychiatry , epistemology , psychoanalysis , political science , philosophy , law
topic . The confusion over, and ultimate demise of, milieu therapy source . Literature review goal . To chronicle the conceptual problems and other events leading to the decline in the use of milieu therapy. conclusion . Inpatient nurses would do best to leave the concept of milieu therapy behind and focus on clarifying how specific nursing interventions are operationalized and tied to patient outcomes.