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CONTROL OF BEHAVIOR AS A CRUCIAL FACTOR IN INTENSIVE PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT IN AN ALL ADOLESCENT WARD

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.115.11.969

It is not only difficult but would be impossible to meet the challenge presented by these youngsters if we were not able to enjoy a genuine and mutually supportive interest in working with them. This program has been developed as a highly cooperative, closely coordinated effort on the part of the entire staff. Particular emphasis has been placed on attempting to establish a ward atmosphere in which intensive individual and group psychotherapy can be conducted against a background of dynamic social reality, rather than in the kind of environment which licenses the "crazy, mixed-up" behavior of hopelessly wayward youth.

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