Invocation of coercion context in compliance communication - power dynamics in psychiatric care

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The article examines the manipulation of a patient's "awareness context" as a means of achieving patient compliance in the clinical setting. Discussion includes the impact of this practice on patients' understandings regarding their formal legal status.

Patient compliance, Involuntary treatment

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Violence and abuse in psychiatric in-patient institutions: a South African perspective

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Research indicates that hospitalized mental health patients in South Africa continue to experience abuse and violence 10 years after the Department of Health prioritized improvements in care and deinstitutionalization. Implications are discussed.

Psychiatric hospitals, Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals, Care and treatment, Psychiatric facilities, Psychiatric patients

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The narrative structure of psychiatric reports

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Five codes are used to analyze psychiatric expertise: referential, symbolic, semantic, proairetic, and hermenutical, drawn from the work of Roland Barthes. These are assessed with regard to lapsus calami; implications are discussed.

Psychological aspects, Methods, Criticism and interpretation, Psychiatric research, Narratives, Errors, Errors (Mistakes), Discourse analysis

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