Development of the Therapeutic Alliance in Alternative Settings to Psychiatric Hospitalization: An Open Comparative Study

Avraham Friedlander; Dana Sinai; Sigal Zilcha-Mano; Mark Weiser; Asaf Caspi; Pesach Lichtenberg; Ziv Amitai; Dana Tzur Bitan

doi:10.1176/appi.ps.20230009

Development of the Therapeutic Alliance in Alternative Settings to Psychiatric Hospitalization: An Open Comparative Study

Psychiatr Serv. 2024 Jun 1;75(6):549-555. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230009. Epub 2024 Mar 19.

Authors

Avraham Friedlander¹, Dana Sinai¹, Sigal Zilcha-Mano¹, Mark Weiser¹, Asaf Caspi¹, Pesach Lichtenberg¹, Ziv Amitai¹, Dana Tzur Bitan¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel (Friedlander); Drora and Pinchas Zachai Division of Psychiatry, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel (Friedlander, Weiser, Caspi, Amitai); Ramat-Chen Brüll Mental Health Center, Tel Aviv District, Clalit Health Services Community Division, Tel Aviv, Israel (Sinai); Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel (Sinai); Departments of Psychology (Zilcha-Mano) and Community Mental Health (Tzur Bitan), University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel; Department of Psychiatry, Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel (Weiser, Amitai); Soteria Israel, Jerusalem Mental Health Center, and Department of Psychiatry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem (Lichtenberg); Shalvata Mental Health Center, Hod Hasharon, Israel (Tzur Bitan).

PMID: 38500450
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230009

Abstract

Patient-therapist alliance in two alternative treatment settings developed similarly to that in traditional psychiatric hospitalization.

Keywords: Hospitalization; Mental health systems/hospitals; Psychiatric hospitalization; inpatient care; psychotherapy; telehealth; therapeutic alliance.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Hospitalization
Hospitals, Psychiatric*
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders* / therapy
Middle Aged
Therapeutic Alliance*