Day hospital treatment of borderline patients: a clinical perspective.
The authors suggest that day hospitalization can provide a useful therapeutic framework for patients with borderline personality organization without creating the ego regression often seen in such patients during 24-hour hospitalization. The lack of room and board facilities and of contact with patients who need 24-hour hospitalization plus the maintenance of contact with the people in the patient's nonhospital life facilitate treatment in this setting.
D000328:Adult; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D012917:Social Adjustment