Citation

Healy K, Kennedy R, Sinclair J. Br. J. Psychiatry 1991; 158: 234-237.

Affiliation

Cassel Hospital, Richmond, Surrey.

Comment In:

Br J Psychiatry 1991;159:292.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Royal College of Psychiatry)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2012915

Abstract

Twenty-seven families, 14 with a history of child physical abuse and 13 with no such history, were studied over the course of intensive in-patient treatment. The families in the former group differed significantly from those in the latter group in terms of current circumstances and background histories. Families where abuse was admitted benefited significantly more from treatment than families where abuse was suspected but not admitted. The ability of mothers to remember good relationships from childhood and to establish good relationships during treatment was an important prognostic factor for successful treatment.

Language: en