Farley / Zimet Day Treatment for Children with Emotional Disorders

Volume 2 Models Across the Country
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4615-6796-7
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten, eBook

The life span of day treatment for children in the United States is relatively short, covering a period of about 50 years. Although the first 20 years saw little growth in the number of centers operating around the country, the concept of day treatment was recognized by the Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health in 1961 as the most significant treatment innovation of this century. Enthusiasm for this treatment modality gained impetus from growing dissatisfaction among many mental health care providers who had no choice but to place children in a highly restrictive hospital environment. Day treat ment did not carry the stigma associated with inpatient placement. The children could now remain with their own families and within their own communities. The parents could be actively included in their child's treatment. This new modality avoided the short- and long-term negative effects of institutionalization, and there was a fa vorable cost discrepancy between day and inpatient mental health services. In more recent years, there has been growing evidence of the efficacy of day treatment as an intensive therapeutic environment for children and their parents. Despite these advantages, day treatment has continued to be underutilized in favor of inpatient treatment by both the psychiatric community and third-party payers. Only recently is it being acknowledged by some insurers as a therapeutically sound and financially advantageous alternative to inpatient services. Conse quently, it is showing signs of intense growth nationally.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Farley, G.K.

Zimet, S.G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I. How to Start a Treatment Program.- 1. Building a Statewide Program of Mental Health and Special Education Services for Children and Youth.- 2. Start-Up of a Day Treatment Program in a University Medical Center.- 3. Architectural Considerations in Planning a Day Treatment Center.- II. Program Models.- 4. Developmental Rehabilitation Perspectives in the Day Treatment of Children with Serious Emotional Disorders.- 5. Child and Adolescent Day Treatment: A General Systems Theory Perspective.- 6. A Behavioral Model of Day Treatment.- 7. The Application of Psychodynamic Principles to Day Treatment.- 8. Day Treatment for Disturbed Children from Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Homes.- 9. An Afterschool Day Treatment Program.- III. Appendix.- An Annotated Bibliography of Publications on the Day Treatment of Children with Emotional Disorders.