Rehospitalization Versus Family Crisis Intervention
DAVID RUBINSTEIN M.D.1
1 Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Temple University Medical School, and is on the staff of the Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, Henry Ave. and Abbottsford Rd., Philadelphia, Pa. 19129
The author describes the development of a team approach to crisis intervention. By mobilizing family support, the team was usually able to bring about the resolution of the patient's crisis without resorting to hospitalization. This approach has also served to develop the concept that a family can and should share responsibility for the patient's treatment.
