Thesis (D.N.S.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / The case study portrays the succession of steps taken by a psychiatric nurse in a new therapy approach, coupled with medicine, to rehabilitate and restore to society, a severely depressed adolescent whose early prognosis was highly unfavorable. The collaborative efforts of nursing and medicine were synchronized to provide the patient a new experience in living wherein he was able to, (1) accept his need to be dependent upon another human being, (2) control his angry and aggressive feelings, (3) resolve his conflict over triangular relationships. The documentation of this nursing therapy approach describes the developments occurring over a two year period in which the adolescent's impulses ran the gamut of negative emotions from despairing withdrawal and suicidal actions to frightening aggression and homicidal intent. Data selected for descriptive analyses are based ... [TRUNCATED] / 2031-01-01

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / RATIONALE: Mental illness is regarded as the nation's major health problem. There is an overwhelming need for professional nurses to assume major therapeutic responsibilities in the treatment of the mentally ill and to conduct research in clinical practice concurrently with therapeutic work from which content and theory can evolve. The implications of inquiry at this point are relevant to the improvement of practice and research in teacher education. [TRUNCATED] / 2031-01-01