title: Residential treatment of adolescents: a treatment model.
abstract: This paper outlines a residential treatment model for adolescents. An essential component of this model is its emphasis on rehabilitation. Thus, community involvement and, therefore, treatment within the community is a cornerstone of patient management. The model is currently operating with emotionally disturbed adolescents, some with concurrent chronic medical disabilities. Research protocol, evaluating its effectiveness, is in place and will be documented in a future paper.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011998:Recreation; D012114:Residential Treatment; D000078329:Workforce