Hospitalization of the family in the treatment of mental patients.
Many mental patients who return to their families after discharge from the hospital are soon rehospitalized. An intensive treatment program in which members of a dysfunctional family are hospitalized along with the patient is presented here as an effective way to shorten hospital stays and reduce rehospitalization rates.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team