TY - JOUR
T1 - Reconciliations with parents as a treatment goal for adolescents in an acute care psychiatric hospital
AU - Levy, Lorraine Pokart
AU - Joyce, Patricia A.
AU - List, Julie A.
PY - 1988/2/10
Y1 - 1988/2/10
N2 - Adolescents admitted to a psychiatric hospital frequently experience intense anger towards their parents and are often estranged from them. This reflects the problem both patient and parents have coping with the developmental task of separation and individuation. The authors discuss the importance of treatment to achieve reconciliation in order to facilitate the adolescents’ move toward autonomy. The article describes the favorable environment and opportunities for intervention provided in an acute care hospital setting to meet such a goal.
AB - Adolescents admitted to a psychiatric hospital frequently experience intense anger towards their parents and are often estranged from them. This reflects the problem both patient and parents have coping with the developmental task of separation and individuation. The authors discuss the importance of treatment to achieve reconciliation in order to facilitate the adolescents’ move toward autonomy. The article describes the favorable environment and opportunities for intervention provided in an acute care hospital setting to meet such a goal.
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U2 - 10.1300/J010v13n01_01
DO - 10.1300/J010v13n01_01
M3 - Article
C2 - 3448787
AN - SCOPUS:0023855406
SN - 0098-1389
VL - 13
SP - 1
EP - 21
JO - Social Work in Health Care
JF - Social Work in Health Care
IS - 1
ER -
