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One-to-one relationships with the long-term mentally ill: Issues in training professionals

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In training mental health professionals to work with long-term mentally ill persons, the importance of the one-to-one relationship needs to be emphasized. As advocated here, this should be a reality-based, problem solving approach. No part of this work is more important than giving these persons a sense of mastery over their internal drives, their symptoms, and the demands of their environment. Trainees need to be taught that it is important to be active in these one-to-one relationships; this includes giving advice. Insight, as defined in this article, is not to be neglected as a goal for the long-term mentally ill.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California School of Medicine, 1934, Hospital Place, 90033, Los Angeles, CA

    H. Richard Lamb M.D.

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Richard Lamb, H. One-to-one relationships with the long-term mentally ill: Issues in training professionals. Community Ment Health J 24, 328–337 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00752475

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