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The adverse effects of intensive treatment of chronic schizophrenia

Year: 1986

Type: article

Abstract: Patients with chronic schizophrenia are highly vulnerable to negative treatment effects. The authors argue that these are often due to intensive treatments and review the literature in four areas: individual psychotherapy, milieu and group therapy, pharmacotherapy, and family therapy. Intensive treatments that produce adverse effects are overstimulating and intrusive; they ignore the patient's need for support, education, and mastery; they attempt to effect rapid or profound changes and neglect long-term adjustment. Furthermore, intensive treatments are often based on psychiatric myths rather than current knowledge. The authors also offer several principles for providing non-intensive treatment.

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry

DOI: 10.1016/0010-440x(86)90007-6

Authors: Robert E. Drake, Lloyd I. Sederer

Institutions: Dartmouth College, Mount Auburn Hospital, Harvard University, Dartmouth Health

Language: English

Topic: Schizophrenia research and treatment

Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,470