Citation

Rosen PM, Walsh B, Lucas P. Adolescence 1988; 23(89): 29-34.

Affiliation

Community Treatment Complex, Inc., Worcester, Massachusetts 01608.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Libra Publishers)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3381684

Abstract

This study examined the effects of integrating an unstable group of seriously disturbed adolescents into an existing day treatment program. Behavioral data were collected for an established group of subjects who were in treatment one year prior to and one year after the arrival of a new group of severely disturbed adolescents. It was found that the disruptive behavior displayed by the new admission subjects was not imitated by the subjects of the established group. Rather, there was a significant decrease in aggression and in the overall number of psychiatric events for the established group. The treatment milieu was seen to be resistant to the effects of the new admissions largely due to the structured form of treatment.

Language: en