Els van Dongen

Worlds of Psychotic People

Wanderers, 'Bricoleurs' and Strategists

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780415654807
• ISBN-10: 0415654807
• Artikelnr.: 36541624

Autorenporträt

Els van Dongen

Inhaltsangabe

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