Pediatric Hospitalization as Crisis Intervention
RICHARD GALDSTON M.D.1, and
MICHAEL C. HUGHES M.D.2
1 Senior Associate in Psychiatry, Children's Hospital Medical Center, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, Mass. 02115 and Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
2 Assistant in Psychiatry, Children's Hospital Medical Center, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, Mass. 02115 and Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
The authors describe a follow-up clinic for pediatric patients who have been hospitalized; an attempt is made to transform the acute crisis of hospitalization into a therapeutic relationship aimed at ameliorating intrapsychic and intrafamily problems. This approach has been successful both with patients with demonstrable organic disease and those without such disease.
