Trappler B, Greenberg S, Friedman S
State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn 11203, USA.
Psychiatr Serv. 1995 Aug;46(8):833-5. doi: 10.1176/ps.46.8.833.
A combined medical-psychiatric inpatient unit at a general medical center in Brooklyn, New York, provides inpatient psychiatric treatment to members of the Orthodox Jewish sect of the Lubavitcher Hassidim, who are generally reluctant to accept treatment in traditional psychiatric inpatient settings. The unit's biological treatment model, which emphasizes long-term maintenance on psychotropic medication, monthly postdischarge pharmacotherapeutic visits, lowered expectations, and minimal use of expressive psychotherapy, is compatible with the Hassidic community's view of mental illness. A practicing Orthodox Jewish psychiatrist on the unit staff sensitizes other staff members to religious and cultural issues in treating Hassidic patients.
纽约布鲁克林一家综合医疗中心设有一个内科与精神科联合住院部，为卢巴维奇哈西德正统犹太教派成员提供住院精神科治疗，这些人通常不愿在传统精神科住院环境中接受治疗。该住院部的生物治疗模式强调长期服用精神药物、出院后每月进行药物治疗复诊、降低期望以及尽量少用表达性心理治疗，这与哈西德社区对精神疾病的看法相一致。该住院部工作人员中有一位在职的正统犹太裔精神科医生，他让其他工作人员在治疗哈西德患者时对宗教和文化问题保持敏感。
