Boundaries & adolescents in residental teatment settings: what clinicians need to know.
Working with adolescents in psychiatric treatment settings poses unique challenges related to boundaries. Staff are typically from a range of disciplines, and some are from nonregulated professions. Three potential boundary-crossing areas are touching, gift giving, and self-disclosure. To enhance quality of care, staff needs an orientation aimed at boundary education, including the concepts of transference and countertransference; an atmosphere of safety to discuss their observations of themselves and others; to be willing to provide feedback; and a sound knowledge base of adolescent growth and development.
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Karen
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Mental Health Services, Fraser Health Authority, Surrey Memorial Hospital, British Columbia.
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Olive
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D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics; D010550:Personal Space; D013811:Psychotherapeutic Processes; D012650:Self Disclosure