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Parasuicidality and paradox : breaking through the medical model /

In the United States, over 1/4 of all psychiatric emergency room visits each year are for chronically acute behaviors often labeled "parasuicidal," leading to a continuous loop of complaints and ineffective interventions. This book offers an effective way out. It introduces a theory that r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ellenhorn, Ross D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer Pub., ©2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The borderline fallacies
  • The dialectics of failure
  • The patient career
  • The game : treating the problem of treatment seeking
  • The attitudinal conditions for the game
  • Relationship
  • Clinician's authorship
  • Motivation and change
  • Deinstitutionalizing institutions
  • Conclusion : alienation, dehumanization, conformity, and their influence on parasuicidal behavior.