Treating Israeli Soldiers in a civilian psychiatric setting.
The structure, functioning, and treatment concept of a psychodynamically oriented psychiatric unit for young soldiers within Israeli civilian hospital are discussed stressing: (1) the integration of the patient's military self; (2) the resolution of psychological conflicts necessary to avoid traumatic developmental arrest of the patient's personality and to foster personality growth; (3) the involvement of the patient's family in the therapeutic process. Problems in the patient-therapist relationship specifically pertaining to Israeli conditions are outlined.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008890:Military Psychiatry; D010553:Personality Development; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D011592:Psychology, Military; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D013808:Therapeutic Community