Abstract

our patients treatment anxieties, have had experience in more settings, we have encountered resistances, and defenses that to develop a dynamic therapy setting. role will be determined mental health resources fastestdo not but willHuntington 370,000; and theand Babylon, with a population of Smithtown and Islip, with 340,000 people; six remaining towns, which are scattered part day of the patient and though than county services and are have struc-many of traditional the samethroughout the eastern about 275,000 residents. Our tured as couraged er as well with most ment. that inpatient therapeutic to share philosophy, andolder hospitals have in trying treatment program in a milieu by Our hospital’s the development eventual of othercommunities. responsibility Even ratherPatients are enhelp one anothwe started toas themselves.in Suffolk County, growing county in intend we do serve to be believe as models its wewhich at present is the the state. We cannot andconverting easy to personnelhospitals Perhapshave, it has not been because most of ouronly strong psychiatric resource, are developing programs that others.GENIA Coordinator Creedmoorgraduates, who workin groups of four to six withJ.Village,EISENSTEIN of State Volunteer Hospital New YorkQ ueenstrained and experienced teams for three months. Then the entire group is split into two teams,