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Residential treatment of emotionally disturbed children a descriptive study

"In the long search for more effective methods of treating children with personality disturbances specialized institutions have developed, loosely described under the general term, "residential treatment." They have one thing in common--the development of a total approach to therapy. Individual psychotherapy with the child and his parents, a therapeutically designed living experience and remedial education are all seen as parts of a whole. These treatment institutions, though diverse in their philosophy, origin and auspices, all result from attempts to find more successful ways of helping disturbed children. They have been established to provide treatment for the child for whom the child guidance clinics, foster care agencies, family agencies, and corrective institutions have been unable to provide adequate help. In this study we have attempted to describe 12 organizations whose purpose is the treatment of children with severe personality disorders. These specialized institutions have developed for the most part independent of each other and under the leadership of several professions and different types of organizations. From this description of the operation of 12 such organizations, it is hoped the reader may have a base from which to evaluate and better understand clinical studies and reports from residential treatment centers. Seven of the 12 organizations can be considered medical programs and are administered by physicians. Five are social agency programs, administered by social workers"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).

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