Effectiveness of intensive short-term residential treatment with severely disturbed adolescents.
Analysis of follow-up data on 123 adolescents treated over a four-year period indicates that intensive short-term residential treatment that includes emphasis on work with families, involvement in community activities, and discharge planning can be an effective means of helping youngsters with severe psychiatric disorders who have not responded to briefer or less intensive forms of psychiatric treatment.
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Child and Adolescent Service, Menninger Clinic, Topeka, Kans., USA. Mbleichtman@aol.com
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D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services; D002648:Child; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D010351:Patient Discharge; D012114:Residential Treatment; D012944:Social Support; D016896:Treatment Outcome