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A staff crisis with near-tragic come uences on a ' t locked adolescent psychiatry unit is engendered b SI ence and resolved through effective communication. The cata&st is a uniquely disturbing, even shocking, case. The Director of the program discusses the near-disintegration of a competent staff and its reconstruction through administrative intervention. Using innovative supervisory techniques, group dynamics are. utilized to move from disorganization to professionalism.In milieu therapy, particularly on an adolescent inpatient unit, the importance of communication among treatment staff cannot be overemphasized. The most effective of programs can be sabotaged

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