The positive group: a therapeutic technique in the hospital treatment of adolescents.
Many adolescents on inpatient units have a low selfesteem and do not recognize their own strengths. To help such patients, the San Antonio Children's Center includes in its treatment program a weekly group session in which adolescents and staff meet together to review each patient's progress during the week; only positive comments are allowed. A different person--patient or staff member--acts as chairman of each meeting. The chairman initially provides some structure by reminding participants that it is a positive group. He then makes positive statements about himself and about others in the group. Through role-modeling, adolescents learn to accept and to make positive comments.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D012380:Role; D013781:Texas