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Using the Intentional Relationship Model in the treatment of medically complicated depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2010

Caitlin Smith  and
Renee R. Taylor
Caitlin Smith*
Affiliation:
Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago
*
Correspondence to: Renee Taylor, UIC College of Applied Health Sciences, Department of Occupational Therapy, 1919 W. Taylor St, Chicago, Illinois, 60657, USA. E-mail: rtaylor@uic.edu
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Abstract

Our objective is to overview the literature and introduce the Intentional Relationship Model (IRM) as a new framework for psychiatric intensive care. We present a case application of this model with a suicidal service user undergoing rehabilitation for a spinal cord injury. The example illustrates how IRM may be used to guide clinical reasoning when working with acutely distressed service users.

Keywords

Depressionsuicidal ideationrehabilitationIntentional Relationship Modeltherapeutic relationship
Type
Case Study
Information
Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , June 2011 , pp. 41 - 43
Copyright
Copyright © NAPICU 2011

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