The summit-annotated contract technique for hospitalized adolescents.
The author describes a technique for use with adolescents (perferably nonpsychotic, acting-out patients) in the terminal phase of psychiatric hospitalization. Patient, parents, and therapist have a summit meeting during which they write a contract which is a prerequisite of the patient's discharge. The document, which all parties sign, specifies conditions of the patient's return to family life. A case report, including a contract, illustrates the use of the technique.
D000293:Adolescent; D003142:Communication; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*