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The Growth and Scope of Partial Hospitalization

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Partial Hospitalization

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With the initial wave of expansion in the partial hospitalization movement, which began about 1963, a concurrent mood of expectation and optimism emanated from the proponents of this “new” treatment modality. This optimism, at times reaching near-grandiose proportions, was reflected by Barnes (1964), who stated:

The psychiatry of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was built around the large state hospital. After World War II emphasis began to pass to the “mental hygiene clinic” and the psychiatrist’s office. The mid and late 60s will see the central position shifting to the day hospital and fewer and fewer cases of psychosis and severe neurosis will require residential hospitalization.... Thus, the “New Psychiatry” of the 60s will rest firmly on the day hospital, (p. x)

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    Raymond F. Luber M.Div. (Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Director) (Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Director)

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Luber, R.F. (1979). The Growth and Scope of Partial Hospitalization. In: Luber, R.F. (eds) Partial Hospitalization. Applied Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2964-0_1

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