Worlds of Psychotic People

Wanderers, 'Bricoleurs' and Strategists

AvEls van Dongen

Inbunden, Engelska, 2004

Del i serien Theory and Practice in Medical Anthropology

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Beskrivning

Worlds of Psychotic People brings a fresh twenty-first century voice to the lives of those with serious psychological disorders, focusing on the manner in which psychiatric patients experience their subjective worlds. Based on ethnographic research gathered at the psychiatric hospital of Saint Anthony's in the Netherlands over a period of five years, it seeks to describe from the perspective of the mental patient some of the fears and hopes that mark an individual's encounter with the fixed reality-structures of a clinical mental ward.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2004-02-12
Mått:152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt:521 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Theory and Practice in Medical Anthropology
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415303903

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Biologisk psykologi och neuropsykologi inom Psykologi och pedagogik
Psykiatri inom Medicin

Recensioner i media

'A valuable book providing emprirical evidence on pateints' encounter with therapeutic interventions to supplement the growing anthropological research on the experiential and sociocultural aspects of mental illness.' – Social Anthropology

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements, 1 Introduction, 2 The quest for reality and the work with culture: when psychiatrists and anthropologists explore psychosis, 3 Shaping the context of the speech events: models of therapists and patients 4 Hope and hopelessness, healthy and sick parts, 5 Hiding in talk, 6 Revealing in talk, 7 Living in two worlds, 8 The precarious world of psychotic people, 9 Life and death, 10 Conclusion: psychotic discourse revisited, Notes, References, Index