Family Crisis Therapy

  • Frank S. PittmanIII
  • Kalman Flomenhaft
  • Carol D. DeYoung
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Abstract

Family crisis therapy, the treatment of families in crisis, began as an effort to find an alternative to psychiatric hospitalization for families containing a member who was acutely and severely symptomatic and dysfunctional. Family Crisis Therapy developed by blending crisis theory, emergency psychiatry, and family therapy and has roots in each of those developments.

Keywords

Community Mental Health Family Therapy Psychiatric Hospitalization Adolescent Sexuality Emergency Psychiatry 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Frank S. PittmanIII
    • 1
  • Kalman Flomenhaft
    • 2
  • Carol D. DeYoung
    • 3
  1. 1.960 Johnson Ferry RoadAtlantaUSA
  2. 2.Health Science Center at BrooklynState University of New YorkBrooklynUSA
  3. 3.Colorado Department of Health4210 East 11th AvenueDenverUSA

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