Attitude Therapy in a Crisis-Intervention Program

Attitude Therapy in a Crisis-Intervention Program

Abstract

students the students, ward took was one their who onin a Crisis-InterventionV1LLIAM G. CRARY, Director, A dult Psychological Los A ngeles County-_University Southern California Medical Los Angeles, California PH.D. Services of Centerthird-yearmedical clerkship;vised lecttiresresponsibility closely by theabout and thestayed only 25 days, had tile for patients and were superstaff. They were given didacticvarious ways to milieu approaches, theC.WARNER JOHNSON, M.D. Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry University of Southern California Medical Las A neles, Californiaformulation Schoolintervention,of a dynamic met milieu adopteddiagnosis,of crisiscare.(‘arc,staff duringweekly which(liscussed tileprinci-Ilants of partlythere has examining the behavior. For mentalYEARS illbeen an increasing sittiational determihospitals this interest and attitudepies of the patients. \Te})rescribedi weas applied milieuto individual approach using i)eiieved to interact was consistAll individual thereasons.centei-edtherapy.’Aiticles expectOn those subjects a 1)atient to l)ehaVe responds.it would with anemit an(1 patient’sgive acutelyappropriate activitiesstudents disturbedto couldhis bestaff patientemotional relateda way thatto hisa patientmust beway islie stibsequently tiiat staff attitudesent.A corollaryconsist-ti-eatmentgoals.enough applied as by theCrisis tionemphasizes toward wayeffective centers. use(!immediate preventing avoidintervenlong-termto l)e easily comprehended l)y tIle iiicoming medicalwar(Iand immediately students as wellis to vardsulake ‘asoriented Onemoi-e ustiallystaff,hospitalization.long hospitalizaof planned milieusIn the past, milieuiesponses nieclical ipproacii Theyet wouldvariable enough that stereotyped he minimal. Finally, we hoped the l%’ould future either