TY - JOUR
T1 - Implementing a music therapy program at a new 72-hour acute psychiatric admissions unit
T2 - A case study of a patient who was malingering
AU - Silverman, Michael J.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2009 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2009/1
Y1 - 2009/1
N2 - Because of the relatively poor treatment available, the high financial costs of hospitalization, multiple and complex issues of persons with severe mental illnesses, and advancements in pharmacotherapy, psychiatric patients are often only hospitalized for a few days before they are discharged. Thus, brief psychosocial interventions for persons who are mentally ill have become an important treatment methodology. This article presents a brief review of crisis intervention and its literature as it relates to persons with severe mental illnesses and music therapy. Additionally, it provides clinical guidelines for therapists working in this setting along with a description of an innovative 72-hour program and approach to crisis intervention treatment at a public inpatient psychiatric facility. The article concludes with a clinical case example of music therapy treatment on this pioneering unit with a patient who was diagnosed with malingering.
AB - Because of the relatively poor treatment available, the high financial costs of hospitalization, multiple and complex issues of persons with severe mental illnesses, and advancements in pharmacotherapy, psychiatric patients are often only hospitalized for a few days before they are discharged. Thus, brief psychosocial interventions for persons who are mentally ill have become an important treatment methodology. This article presents a brief review of crisis intervention and its literature as it relates to persons with severe mental illnesses and music therapy. Additionally, it provides clinical guidelines for therapists working in this setting along with a description of an innovative 72-hour program and approach to crisis intervention treatment at a public inpatient psychiatric facility. The article concludes with a clinical case example of music therapy treatment on this pioneering unit with a patient who was diagnosed with malingering.
KW - Acute psychiatric hospital
KW - Brief therapy
KW - Creativity
KW - Crisis intervention
KW - Malingering
KW - Music therapy
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U2 - 10.1080/15401380802672518
DO - 10.1080/15401380802672518
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:61449201422
SN - 1540-1383
VL - 4
SP - 17
EP - 31
JO - Journal of Creativity in Mental Health
JF - Journal of Creativity in Mental Health
IS - 1
ER -