Abstract
Partial hospitalization in the psychiatric and mental health context has been recognized as a plausible alternative to services facilitating an individual’s reentry to his home, community, or work after a period of hospitalization. Day hospitals and night hospitals have emerged along the continuum of rehabilitative services offering to appropriate patients a prescriptive and regulated blend of medical and therapeutic care with normal life (Astrachan, Flynn, Harvey, & Geller, 1970).These programs are not without disadvantages, although the advantageous outcomes appear to predominate (Guy, Gross, Hogarty, & Dennis, 1969). Some arguments arise criticizing the unnecessary duplication of halfway houses. The support groups, however, contend that the partial hospitalization concept can provide short-term intensive treatment during acute stress, where the halfway house is more suited to recovered patients who need a supportive setting over a period of time (Beigel & Feder, 1976b).
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Neisworth, J.T., Feeg, V.D. (1979). Partial Hospitalization for Mentally Retarded Citizens. In: Luber, R.F. (eds) Partial Hospitalization. Applied Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2964-0_5
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