Letters From the Clinic : Letter Writing in Clinical Practice for Mental Health Professionals

ISBN-13: 9780415205047 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 142 str.

Derek Steinberg

Opis

In every field of therapeutic practice a significant amount of time is spent writing letters about and to patients. In this work, Derek Steinberg applies detailed literary and psychological analysis to over 40 letters, highlighting why certain words or phrases were used, how they could have been put better, and builds around them principles and theoretical positions based on narrative therapy, consultative approaches and the pscyhological impact of words and phrases. Using the context of child, adolescent and family psychiatry, while also applicable to all therapeutic work, the book deals with issues such as: explaining clinical conditions and treatments; confirming clinical contracts; conveying difficult advice and painful news; and missed appointments and unpaid bills. Each letter is followed by detailed annotations and discussion. This book should prove a useful tool to all those working in clinical and therapeutic practice.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 later.Letters; Chapter 3 Beginnings; Chapter 4 Writing for Referrer and Patient; Chapter 5 Work in Progress I; Chapter 6 Work in Progress II; Chapter 7 Some Special Situations; Chapter 8 Endings; Chapter 9 What Recipients Think of Letters; Chapter 10 Conclusions;

O autorze

Derek Steinberg is a Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He trained in Oxford, at the Maudsley and at the Tavistock Institute in London. He worked at the Maudsley and Bethlem Royal Hospitals where he directed the Adolescent Unit for twenty years before going on to Ticehurst House Hospital in Sussex. He has published six books and taught widely in the UK and abroad, and has a special interest in the relationships between literature and the arts and psychiatry.