title: Residential treatment of children and adolescents: past, present, and future.
abstract: This paper reviews the history of residential treatment, examines the central concepts that define the therapeutic modality, and shows how those concepts provide means of addressing criticisms that have been raised about it in the past and adapting residential programs to meet challenges facing them in the future.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leichtman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003688:Deinstitutionalization / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008884:Milieu Therapy / Q000639:trends; D009986:Orthopsychiatry / Q000639:trends*; D016487:Parenting; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000639:trends; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000639:trends; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000639:trends; D012114:Residential Treatment / Q000639:trends*; D016896:Treatment Outcome