The implementation of therapeutic community principles in acute care psychiatric hospital settings: An empirical analysis and recommendations to clinicians

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 673-678

  Hansen, James T ^a   Slevin, Christopher ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MILIEU THERAPY; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029861771     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199611)52:6<673::AID-JCLP9>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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