Increasing numbers of patients will be discharged from mental hospitals because of changes in delivery services. Approximately 650,000 patients will return to their families. This presents new challenges to family therapists. Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, Washington, DC, October…

This paper describes how to teach the principles and effective use of family therapy to the staffs of two mental health institutions. Both interventions are conceptualized as entrees into organizational systems requiring shifts in power alignments, clarification of goals, articulation of needs, reallocation of resources, and attention to group…