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Child in-patient treatment and family relationships

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Jonathan Green
Jonathan Green*
Affiliation:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Inpatient Psychiatry Unit, Booth Hall Childrens Hospital, Manchester M9 7AA
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Abstract

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Residential child psychiatry units inevitably offer a form of temporary parenting to their patients. This paper explores various effects of this ‘parenting’ task on the treatment process itself and on a unit's relationship with parents. The potent therapeutic opportunities as well as potential unwanted effects deriving from this role are described. An awareness of the processes involved along with appropriate case management can maximise the benefits and minimise the unwanted effects of this factor within in-patient treatment.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 18 , Issue 12 , December 1994 , pp. 744 - 747
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994

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