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The role of the psychotherapist as consultant to in-patient psychiatric units

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Mike Hobbs
Mike Hobbs*
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University of Oxford and The Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX
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The psychotherapist as consultant to in-patient psychiatric units may undertake any one of a number of specific tasks. Central to, and common to these, is his support of the effective work of the psychiatric unit's staff. The consultant's contribution is directed primarily towards enabling the staff to utilise themselves, i.e. their selves, to the full in their treatment of the patients.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , January 1990 , pp. 8 - 12
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