title: Short-term residential psychotherapy: psychotherapy in a nutshell.
abstract: Psychotherapy in a psychotherapeutic community often is characterized by absence of time limits and by long duration. In this article an account is given of the adaptions that are necessary when short-term treatment is carried out in such a residential setting. Implications for focus, therapy program, and treatment style are presented.
mesh_terms: D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000379:methods*; D013808:Therapeutic Community