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The Psychiatric Day Center in the Treatment of the Chronic Schizophrenic

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.4.485

The treatment needs of the posthospitalized chronic schizophrenic have not been successfully met by one-to-one psychotherapy, mostly due to the transference problems in the patient-therapist relationship. The author believes that the group therapy and social experience provided in a psychiatric day center better meet the needs of these patients, leading to a marked decrease in rehospitalization rates and to significant functional improvement.

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