Am J Psychiatry 1978; 135:1044-1048
Copyright © 1978 by American Psychiatric Association
Developmental issues in the psychiatric hospitalization of children
IN Berlin
Rather than becoming repositories for the community's seriously disturbed
children, children's psychiatric hospitals need to develop milieu programs
that involve trained child care staff and developmentally oriented child
mental health professionals. Treatment programs should address the
developmental needs and abilities of the various age groups and the
particular developmental deficits reflected in their psychopathologies and
should include a variety of treatment elements.
