Milieu therapy

Form of psychotherapy that involves the use of therapeutic communities

Milieu therapy
MeSH	D008884
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Milieu therapy is a form of psychotherapy that involves the use of therapeutic communities. Patients join a group of around 30, for between 9 and 18 months. During their stay, patients are encouraged to take responsibility for themselves and the others within the unit, based upon a hierarchy of collective consequences. Patients are expected to hold one another to following rules, with more senior patients expected to model appropriate behavior for newer patients. If one patient violates the rules, others who were aware of the violation but did not intervene may also be punished to varying extents based upon their involvement. Milieu therapy is thought to be of value in treating personality disorders and behavioural problems, and can also be used with a goal of stimulating the patient's remaining cognitive-communicative abilities. Organizations known to use milieu therapy include Cassel Hospital, in London, Forest Heights Lodge in Evergreen, CO,^[1]^[2] the United States Veteran's Administration,^[3] and the Kansas Industrial School for Girls in Beloit, Kansas.^[4]

References

^ Cameron, A (2004). Crash Course Psychiatry (2nd ed.). Mosby. ISBN 0-7234-3340-2.
^ "The Milieu". Forest Heights Lodge. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013.
^ VA Palo Alto Health Care System. Substance Use/Homeless Rehabilitation Emphasis Area Training (PDF).
^ Kansas. Secretary of State (1966). "Girl's Industrial School". Kansas Biennial Report, 1966. Kansas Secretary of State: 1233–1246 – via Kansas State Library.

Varcarolis, E.M. (1990). Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. New York: W.B. Saunders Company, p. 30. ISBN 0-7216-1976-2

External links

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Psychotherapy

Schools

Psychodynamic	Adlerian therapy Analytical therapy Mentalization-based treatment Psychoanalysis Transference focused psychotherapy
Cognitive and behavioral	Clinical behavior analysis Acceptance and commitment therapy Functional analytic psychotherapy Cognitive behavioral therapy Cognitive therapy Dialectical behavior therapy Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy Rational emotive behavior therapy
Humanistic	Emotionally focused therapy Existential therapy Focusing Gestalt therapy Logotherapy Person-centered therapy
Other	Art therapy Dance therapy Feminist therapy Music therapy Narrative therapy Play therapy Reality therapy Systemic therapy Transactional analysis List
Integrative	Eclectic psychotherapy Multimodal therapy Transtheoretical model

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Behaviour therapy	Aversion therapy Chaining Contingency management Shaping Stimulus control Token economy Counterconditioning Desensitization/Exposure therapy Systematic desensitization
Other individual therapy	Autogenic training Biofeedback Clean language Cognitive restructuring Emotion regulation Affect labeling Free association Homework Hypnotherapy Modeling
Group psychotherapy	Co-therapy Couples therapy Family therapy Psychodrama Sensitivity training