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Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Vol. 5, No. 1, 85-95 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/1359104500005001009
© 2000 SAGE Publications

Intensive Community Management of an Adolescent with Psychosis

David Goldberg

The Adolescent Service, Wandsworth, London, UK

Alison Floyd

Chichester Mental Health NHS Trust, UK

Rachel Lee-Jones

The Adolescent Service, Wandsworth, London, U.K.

Sheila Lewis

The Adolescent Service, Wandsworth, London, U.K.

The psychotic illness of a 16-year-old girl is described from both the professionals’ viewpoint and that of the adolescent. The article discusses issues raised during a community-based intervention which prioritized the prevention of hospitalization. Atypical features of the psychosis are used to highlight issues arising from such an intensive community approach.

Key Words: adolescent • day-hospital • partial hospitalization • peri-menstrual psychosis


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