Abstract

CENTENO, Maria João et al. The "open-door syndrome" - diagnosis based on a multifamiliar group. Vínculo [online]. 2010, vol.7, n.2, pp. 8-15. ISSN 1806-2490.

Over the last thirty-three years, the Day Hospital of the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health of Santa Marias Hospital, has been dedicated to the treatment of patients suffering from serious mental illness, always trying to engage in this treatment, the patientsfamilies. Since 2001, it has been implemented at The Day Hospitals Therapeutic Program, the Multi-Family Group, including patients and their families, which has enabled to observe and identify some symptoms and signs on both individuals and relatives. These families, closed to the external relationships, which are set upon pathological relational ties, are characterized by the absence of bonding limits, generally corresponding to the lack of limits at home. The authors propose to describe the so called "open-door syndrome", in order to promote its active search and its early detection and treatment.

Keywords : family; hospital day; multi-Family; psychiatry; syndrome.

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