title: Hospitalization of the family in the treatment of mental patients.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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