Background: Mental health services for patients intellectual disabilities (ID) and additional mental illnesses are only sparsely studied. Objective: The objective was to describe a representative sample of patients with ID in a specialized psychiatric department. Methods: Data were collected from case files in a 7-year period. Of 143 invited…

To date, no empirically based inpatient intervention for individuals who have attempted suicide exists. We present an overview of a novel psychotherapeutic approach, Post-Admission Cognitive Therapy (PACT), currently under development and empirical testing for inpatients who have been admitted for a recent suicide attempt. PACT is adapted from an…

This study focuses on a meaningful understanding of idiosyncratic language in psychosis. The psychotic neologisms examined in this dissertation challenge the listener's accurate understanding. Idiosyncratic aspects of speech in psychosis are largely researched from a diagnostic perspective in the literature. This study asks how individuals…

Objective: Relying on indicators coded from information collected routinely during intake assessments at a secure inpatient psychiatric facility, this study examined the extent to which different forms of maltreatment accounted for variations in youths' emotional and behavioral problems. Methods: Clinical information was reviewed for a large (N =…

Draws from personal and professional experiences to provide a narrative perspective on journal writing. Delineates 10 reasons why journal writing can serve as a powerful adjunct to therapy, drawing on examples from journal therapy programs for inpatient psychiatric hospitals. (SR)

Presents the development of concrete and explicit goals, models, and procedures for group psychotherapy by the staff of a 22-bed, adult, general psychiatric unit. (BH)

The author traces the case histories of five anorexic female patients treated in the therapeutic milieu in a psychiatric inpatient unit. The history of anorexia nervosa is reviewed, incidence of the disorder is cited, and common characteristics are described. Case histories are presented in terms of events precipitating the weight loss, behavior…

Show how poetry writing proved to be an effective and efficient therapeutic tool for a homeless, alcoholic male suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder. (SR)

Discusses one form of group interpersonal-skill training, relationship-enhancement (RE) therapy, which was offered to patients and staff as a pilot program. Patients and staff found learning RE behaviors and skills to be beneficial to their communication and helpful in improving their relationships. (Author/GCP)

Results indicate that 57 percent of the family therapy group were rehospitalized at the end of three years compared to 20 percent of the individual therapy group. Longer-term findings suggest a superior effect of individual over family therapy. (Author)

In 1977 Paul and Lentz published results of social learning therapy, also called token economy, for chronic psychiatric inpatients of state mental hospitals. The enormous success of token economy therapy both for the patients' mental health and for cost effectiveness led Paul and Lentz to conclude that this therapy was the treatment of choice for…

Poetry therapy has been in use with adult psychiatric patients at Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, D.C, for 10 years. The treatment used involves reading poetry, listening to recordings, studying poets, and writing poetry. The patients' choice of poems is not restricted by the staff, but different types of poetry appeal to different types of…

Argues that adolescents are not always psychologically mature enough to decide whether or not they need psychiatric treatment. Says that the role of the court should be to assure that adolescents receive adequate treatment, rather than to assure that they consent to treatment. (Author/GC)

A STUDY OF MENTAL HOSPITALIZATION WAS MADE IN A UNIVERSITY-AFFILIATED, ACTIVE-CARE STATE INSTITUTION CONCERNED MAINLY WITH SCHIZOPHRENICS. THE AUTHOR EXAMINED THE ROUTES PATIENTS FOLLOW THROUGH THE HOSPITAL IN RELATION TO THERAPY AND THE PATIENT'S RETURN TO OUTSIDE LIFE. HE OBSERVED THAT THE PATIENT'S SOCIAL POSITIONS ARE DEFINED IN LARGE PART BY…