This paper proposes an integrated group therapy model to be utilized by psychiatric and mental health nurses; one innovatively designed to meet the therapeutic needs of adolescents admitted to inpatient psychiatric programs. The writers suggest a model of group therapy primarily comprised of interpersonal approaches within a feminist perspective. The proposed group focus is on active therapeuti...

Like all health care practitioners, physical and occupational therapists provide services to their patients that are intended to increase patient health and well-being. But because patient health and well-being are inherently latent, therapists are often forced to utilize indirect methods for measuring the effectiveness of their practices. These indirect methods usually involve gathering data o...

After months of preliminary meetings and discussions among ourselves, as well as with hospital administrators and unit staff, the first art therapy group on our inpatient service was formed. Because of the newness of this modality on this inpatient unit, caution and close scrutiny by its staff were not surprising. In fact, this served to promote a greater commitment to our project. A brief desc...