Less Time to Do More: Psychotherapy on the Short-Term Inpatient Unit

Will psychotherapy survive to be a vital part of inpatient treatment in the
future? Will inpatient units themselves survive, or will they be replaced by
partial hospital programs complemented by supervised housing arrangements? Will
average length of inpatient stay continue to decrease, or has it reached its
lowest possible level?

Less Time to Do More: Psychotherapy on the
Short-Term Inpatient Unit examines the implications of shorter stays for the
practice of inpatient psychotherapy. The contributors describe techniques that
inpatient psychotherapists can use to remain therapeutically effective despite
increased pressure from managed care companies and the threat of malpractice
suits. This book utilizes over 20 years of research on techniques and strategies
to bring the reader the most up-to-date methods as well as the traditional
models of inpatient treatment.

"How can inpatient psychotherapists respond
to the realities of modern hospital practice? Each of these chapters describes
one facet of how the therapist can adapt his or her goals and techniques to
treat seriously ill patients effectively in the limited time available."-Ellen
Leibenluft, M.D., From the Afterword