title: [Reflections on family-oriented work in a psychiatric acute station].
abstract: The following contribution considers whether family dynamics can offer a profitable approach in a psychiatric ward for acute schizophrenics. Basing these considerations on a family-oriented origin of the schizophrenic disturbance, the relationships between family, patient, and clinic are outlined within the framework of a psychiatric crisis situation. Subsequently, practically relevant problems are discussed: Which therapeutic attitude should be adopted towards family members of our patients? Which specific tasks arise in the early stages of in-patient treatment? In conclusion, the author shows by means of a case report in which manner a supporting type of family-oriented work can be a meaningful complement to other therapeutic measures performed by the ward physician and medical staff.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D005190:Family; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy; D012931:Social Environment
vernacular_title: Uberlegungen zur familienorientierten Arbeit auf einer psychiatrischen Akutstation.