Combining day patient treatment with family work in a child psychiatry clinic.
The 81 youngsters who began attending a day treatment programme within a 1-year period were assessed using an interval design. The children ranged in age from 18 months to 16 years and attended with similarly aged children for 1 day a week. The treatment programme combined family therapy with the day unit's milieu therapy and specific individual treatment programmes for the child. The results indicate that the combination of a 1 day a week attendance and family therapy had a significant clinical impact upon the problems. The pattern of improvement observed would suggest that the day-unit attendance made a unique contribution to the overall outcome.
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Department of Child, Adolescent and Family Psychiatry, Sunderland District General Hospital, UK.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010556:Personality Tests