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Author Ellenhorn, Ross D

Title Parasuicidality and paradox : breaking through the medical model / Ross D. Ellenhorn
Published New York, NY : Springer Pub., ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxxii, 199 pages) : illustrations
Contents 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
Summary 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 radically departs from current ideas about such behaviors
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject 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
PSYCHOLOGY -- Suicide.
Psychotherapist and patient
Suicidal behavior -- Psychological aspects
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0826115497
9780826115492
1281060364
9781281060365