A clinical approach. It can't be done!
This article describes a five day vacation in Florida for forty-seven long term psychiatric residents. We believe this is the first trip of this kind in Canada. How the residents coped with social stresses of day to day life away from stereotyped hospital care, what was expected of each resident and each staff member during these five days, paved the way for what many staff members said "couldnt be done," to prove "it could be done," successfully. We hope our challenges and preparations can be of help to anyone wishing to try an adventure of this type.
Ollson
J M
JM
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