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Lessons Learned in Creating a Safe and Therapeutic Milieu for Children, Adolescents, and Families: Developmental Considerations
Author(s) -
DeSocio Janiece,
Bowllan Nancy,
Staschak Sharman
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.1997.tb00418.x
Subject(s) - psychology , population , psychiatry , medicine , developmental psychology , environmental health
TOPIC. Converging developnental characteristics, responses to stress, and underlying psycho‐pathological processes of this population present unique challenges in assessment, treatment planning, and approaches to patient care. PURPOSE. To share lessons learned in designing and implementing a dmelopnentally sensitive and safe psychiatric milieu for children, adolescents, and families. SOURCES. Personal observations and experiences, and information dwioed from literatiire in the field. CONCLUSIONS. Psychiatric nurses contribute essential roles in designing and implmazting a developmentally sensitive and safe psychiatric milieu for children, adolescents, and families.