The case of Peter and Susan: The psychotherapeutic treatment of an acute psychotic episode at the Arbours Crisis Centre

The case of Peter and Susan is an example of multiple crisis intervention at the Arbours Crisis Centre in London. Both were treated by psychoanalytic psychotherapy together with intensive interpersonal support in a live-in therapeutic milieu, with successful results.An extended discussion about the work of the Arbours Association in London will be published by Human Sciences Press as a chapter entitled, An Alternative Sanctuary: The Arbours Crisis Centre, in the forthcoming book,Healing Human Systems, edited by U. Reuveni and R. & J. Speck. For further information about the Centre write to: The Arbours Association, 41a Western Park, London N.8.