Rethinking Inpatient Treatment of Borderline Clients
- 16 January 2009
- journal article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Perspectives in Psychiatric Care
- Vol. 27 (2) , 17-20
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6163.1991.tb00338.x
Abstract
A number of clinical and financial advantages exist when clients diagnosed with borderline personality disorder are placed in an unlocked milieu-oriented treatment unit during hospitalization. The author describes the transition from a locked inpatient unit to an unlocked unit, the effects of this change on staff and clients' attitudes toward treatment, and the impact of this transition on client functioning.Keywords
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