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Towards a Family Approach in a Psychiatric Day Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Douglas Bennett ,
Catherine Fox ,
Tessa Jowell  and
A. C. Robin Skynner
Douglas Bennett
Affiliation:
MIND, Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, Denmark Hill, London, S.E.5
Catherine Fox
Affiliation:
MIND, Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, Denmark Hill, London, S.E.5
Tessa Jowell
Affiliation:
MIND, Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, Denmark Hill, London, S.E.5
A. C. Robin Skynner
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry; Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, Denmark Hill, London, S.E.5
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Summary

In a day hospital all staff members must be able to make rapid decisions, even when they cannot refer to their seniors. It is difficult to develop this capability in a teaching day hospital where the staff and student groups are constantly changing. It has, however, been facilitated by regular staff discussions with a visiting psychotherapist. In these staff groups, the study of role attributions and dynamics characteristic of families has diminished the interference caused by ‘family’ type dynamics in daily professional interaction. The paper describes the effect of such discussion in stimulating the adoption of a treatment approach which takes the family situation into account. This family approach is distinguished from family therapy, and its advantages are discussed.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 129 , Issue 1 , July 1976 , pp. 73 - 81
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1976 

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