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Problems of a temporary adolescent psychiatrist
The International Journal of Social Psychiatry
|January 1, 1975
Summary
This study highlights a therapeutic community model for adolescent units, emphasizing personalized care and fostering natural personality development. The intensive psychotherapeutic approach, while demanding, proved significant for patients and visiting students.
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Adolescent Psychology
- Therapeutic Communities
Background:
- Adolescent mental health units face challenges in addressing regional disturbance issues.
- A specific adolescent unit operated with a limited capacity of 16 inpatients at a time.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe a one-year learning experience in an adolescent unit.
- To evaluate the effectiveness of a therapeutic community model in fostering adolescent personality development.
- To assess the impact of the unit's approach on patients, relatives, and visiting students.
Main Methods:
- The study employed a therapeutic community model with an undogmatic ideology.
- Focus was on fostering natural personality development rather than radical reconstruction.
- Intensive psychotherapeutic effort was utilized, engaging the entire team.
Main Results:
- The therapeutic community provided significant support to most patients and their relatives.
- Few ex-inpatients lost contact, with many returning for social events.
- Transient participants, including student nurses and medical students, found the experience meaningful.
Conclusions:
- The therapeutic community model, despite its intensity, was effective in fostering adolescent personality development.
- The approach offered valuable learning experiences for both patients and healthcare professionals.
- The model's success was attributed to close teamwork and a focus on personalized care.