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Author:

Ellenhorn, Ross D.

Title:

Parasuicidality and paradox : breaking through the medical model / Ross D. Ellenhorn.

Publisher:

Springer Pub.,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xxxii, 199 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-189) and index.

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.

ISBN:

0826115462 (alk. paper)
9780826115461 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)140104259

LCCN:

2007022458

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)