The art of narrative psychiatry / SuEllen Hamkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamkins, SuEllen.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Narrative therapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'The Art of Narrative Psychiatry' provides a comprehensive description of narrative psychiatry in action. Engaging and accessible, it demonstrates how to help patients cultivate their personal sources of strength and meaning as resources for recovery.

Contents:

What is narrative psychiatry?

Connecting with compassion : the therapeutic relationship

Starting with stories of success : the initial psychiatric consultation

Externalizing and unpacking the problem : understanding symptoms and suffering

Cultivating stories of strength and meaning and deconstructing damaging discourses : the course of treatment

Collaborating in considering treatment options : medicine and other psychiatric resources

Finding lost stories of love : remembering love and legacy amid loss

Finding ones voice : recovering from trauma

Finding happiness : rising from despair and turning away from anxiety.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-756336-8

0-19-998206-6

0-19-998205-8

OCLC:

861322686