Hospitalization of single-parent families of disturbed children.
In this paper, six years of experience with well-planned, short-term family hospitalization is described. Each family has at least one identified patient who is a child. The approach to treatment is systemic and structural. Areas discussed are selection of families, planning of the hospitalization, stages of the hospitalization, and the organization of the staff. Illustrations are provided by seven case vignettes.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007207:Individuation; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012847:Single Person / Q000523:psychology*