Psychotherapeutic approach to children and family of the university of são paulo - ribeirão preto general hospital

Abstract

Psychotherapy is one of the treatments used concerning Children Psychiatry as well as family orientation and psychopharmacotherapy. It can be given different classifications according to theoretical basis, target of intervention, and therapy objectives or duration. We intend to report the psychotherapeutic approach called short-term psycotherapy, which we have adopted in the Psychiatric Clinic for Children of the University of São Paulo – Ribeirão Preto General Hospital, and to compare them with other ones used in long-term psychotherapy. We also report our experience with family orientation. The patients are previously evaluated and after clinical discussion they are assigned to the procedures which can be developed alone or along with other ones.