OUTPATIENT TREATMENT OF A SERIOUSLY DISTURBED CHILD IN A CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER.

The article cites a case of outpatient treatment of a seriously disturbed child in a child guidance center. An attempt to evolve a suitable treatment plan for a child like the one studied in the article raises questions that cannot be answered with certainty. Despite current theories about the preference for residential treatment for the severely disturbed child, the diagnostic team at the Center proposed a plan for out patient therapy. This was done with full knowledge that such a plan would require more treatment hours over a longer period of time than is accorded the average treatment case.