Home visits in child psychiatry.
Written from the viewpoint of a Foreign Medical School Graduate, this paper describes the use of psychiatric home visits in the Philippine Islands and the United States including a general explanation of the prevailing attitudes. Two case histories are used to illustrate the value of home visits in child psychiatry. A single home visit may be more revealing as to the cause of the pathology than numerous clinic sessions. The paper concludes with a brief literature survey followed by a summary discussion which presents the author's observations of personal gains derived from home visits.
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006792:House Calls; D006801:Humans; D006948:Hyperkinesis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D007207:Individuation; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012931:Social Environment