A bridge over troubled waters: an innovative day-treatment program for older adolescents.
An innovative day-treatment program designed to reduce the likelihood that severely disturbed, older adolescents will become chronically ill young adults is described and clinical vignettes are presented which illustrate the program's effectiveness in facilitating educational achievement and enhanced social functioning among patients with significant histories of hospitalization and substance abuse.
D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003155:Community Mental Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009519:New York City; D014829:Vocational Education