On the Boundary: Family Therapy in a Long-Term Inpatient Setting

This paper presents a paradigm of family therapy in a long‐term inpatient setting. After reviewing literature commenting on the necessity of attending to the needs of families of inpatients, the essential functions of inpatient treatment are discussed and an approach to family therapy, related to an...

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Published in:Family process 1985-09, Vol.24 (3), p.339-348
Main Author: HUNTER, DAVID E. K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Family Therapy
Female
Health Education
Hospitalization
Humans
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders - etiology
Mental Disorders - therapy
Models, Psychological
Patient Discharge
Professional-Family Relations
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotherapies. Psychological and clinical counseling
Social Support
Treatments
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Summary:This paper presents a paradigm of family therapy in a long‐term inpatient setting. After reviewing literature commenting on the necessity of attending to the needs of families of inpatients, the essential functions of inpatient treatment are discussed and an approach to family therapy, related to and reflecting those functions, is developed. Four functions of inpatient family therapy are delineated: joining, support, intervention, and validation. What distinguishes these from similar functions in outpatient treatment is the family therapist's position on the hospital‐family boundary.
ISSN:0014-7370
1545-5300
DOI:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1985.00339.x