| Abstrakt: |
This paper discusses the ambiguities and contradictions which are revealed when a patient is totally hospitalized. The term ‘Partial Hospitalization’ is proposed as being more desirable, even though the patient may require twenty-four hour care at some time. Also discussed is the role of dependency relationships and how these are fostered by the present nomenclature.The role of the Therapeutic Community approach, in attempting to minimize institutionalization, is proposed as contradictory though desirable for a patient who is placed in a dependency situation by administrative procedures which are probably now outdated.The various phases of ‘Partial Hospitalization’ are discussed and its best known component, day care, is reviewed in detail.The proposition is made that, as the separate components of ‘Partial Hospitalization’ cover all that is now provided by psychiatric hospitals, the term ‘inpatient’ should be dropped. |
