Patienthood, doctorhood, and parasuicidality
By: Ross D. Ellenhorn.
Publisher: Springer Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780826115461
Subjects: Parasuicide -- Psychological aspects; Suicidal behavior -- Psychological aspects; Self-injurious behavior -- Psychological aspects; Psychotherapy patients -- Psychology; Psychotherapist and patient; Patient Acceptance of Health Care -- psychology; Self-Injurious Behavior -- psychology; Institutionalization; Mentally Ill Persons -- psychology; Patient Readmission; Physician's Role -- psychology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The borderline fallacies; title: The dialectics of failure; title: The patient career; title: The game : treating the problem of treatment seeking; title: The attitudinal conditions for the game; title: Relationship; title: Clinician's authorship; title: Motivation and change; title: Deinstitutionalizing institutions; title: Conclusion : alienation, dehumanization, conformity, and their influence on parasuicidal behavior.