title: The psychiatric unit as a dynamic model for change.
abstract: The concept of the psychiatric unit as a social system, with staff members and patients working together to pursue a number of functions, is a departure from the disease model and the classic patient-doctor dyadic relationship. The organization of a psychiatric unit as a social system can facilitate an atmosphere that promotes a corrective emotional experience for patients and a positive emotional climate for the staff. The various ways in which social organization and environment can effect clinical change are described.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital