title: A therapeutic community for chronic mental patients.
abstract: When the number of state mental hospitals in California was sharply reduced, San Diego County organized a therapeutic community for the treatment of acting-out chronic mental patients. The program represents the constructive use of group pressure to instill adaptive behavior patterns and to imporve ego functioning.
mesh_terms: D000184:Acting Out; D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D011889:Rage; D013808:Therapeutic Community