THE ROLE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PSYCHIATRIST IN INTENSIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL
J. MARTIN MYERS JR. M. D.1
1 Executive medical officer, Pennsylvania Hospital, Department for Mental and Nervous Diseases, Philadelphia, Pa.
1. Intensive psychotherapy can be integrated into the therapeutic armamentarium of a general psychiatric hospital which is not committed to a specific treatment method.
2. The utilization of a second psychiatrist is necessary. This psychiatrist is the administrator, the coordinator, and the reality-interpreter.
3. He must be flexible, experienced, good at communication, and constantly scrutinizing his own attitudes toward the patient and the others involved.
