Some observations and questions in intensive psychotherapy.
The authors discuss their observations of acute psychiatric patients in a day hospital, noting the universality of the existential concerns that arise once the patient has confronted his illness. They discuss the problem of what determins a "cure" in emotional disturbances and suggest that the primary issue is for patients to learn to live as healthy people within the limits of their individual potential.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000628:therapy; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003071:Cognition; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D005086:Existentialism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous