title: Coordinated treatment for long-term psychiatric inpatients.
abstract: Attempts to implement and maintain effective treatment of long-term psychiatric inpatients are difficult. In this article the authors describe a treatment program in which behavior modification, milieu therapy, and education strategies directed at teaching specific skills are combined in a coordinated system of steps.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008923:Missouri; D011383:Progressive Patient Care; D014040:Token Economy