Moving beyond ward based treatment: a public mental health hospital's transition to a treatment mall.
Saint Elizabeths Hospital in Washington D.C. implemented a treatment mall in 2002. The authors place the mall's development within the context of the Hospital's problems associated with ward-based treatment. They describe objectives in developing the mall, steps taken to prepare staff and hospitalized persons, and the mall's structure and programs. Providing treatment in a mall setting increased active treatment, expanded opportunities for trainees and staff, and improved monitoring of treatment activities.
Holland
Joy
J
Saint Elizabeths Hospital, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue S.E., Washington, DC 20032, USA.
Vidoni-Clark
Clotilde
C
Prandoni
Jogues R
JR
Fain
Michael R
MR
Richardson
E Jacqueline
EJ
Montalbano
Paul
P
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