title: Orientation intervention for parents of adolescents after psychiatric hospitalization.
abstract: An orientation class has been devised to address the fears, uncertainties, and vulnerabilities of parents admitting their children to an adolescent psychiatric unit. This orientation class offers support and information to parents of adolescents admitted to Charter Rivers Hospital, a private psychiatric inpatient facility in Columbia, South Carolina, and is held during the first week of the adolescent's hospitalization.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Walsh
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D010343:Patient Admission; D012944:Social Support