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Therapeutic group approaches in an inpatient facility for children and adolescents: A 15-year perspective

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Inner city, psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents are accessible to group therapy intervention. We developed a unique approach combining Slavson's theories with principles of family treatment and psychoanalytic theory. The group was conceptualized as a corrective family experience with the therapists functioning as model parents. Our model relies on a four-phase process, which is discussed.

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  1. Public Relations/Volunteers Services, Bronx Children's Psychiatric Center, USA

    Roberto A. Cerda C.S.W. (Director)

  2. Bronx Children's Psychiatric Center, 1000 Waters Place, 10460, Bronx, NY

    Helene J. (Wolarsky) Nemiroff C.S.W. (Clinical Social Worker)

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA

    Alvin H. Richmond C.S.W. (Assistant Clinical Professor)

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Cerda, R.A., Nemiroff, H.J.(. & Richmond, A.H. Therapeutic group approaches in an inpatient facility for children and adolescents: A 15-year perspective. Group 15, 71–80 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01456789

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