Communication and the Mentally Ill Patient

Developmental and Linguistic Approaches to Schizophrenia
Herausgeber: France, Jenny; Muir, Niki

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Produktbeschreibung

Communication and the Mentally Ill Patient is a groundbreaking work which examines issues of communication and speech in schizophrenic patients and is the first collaboration between psychiatrists, linguists, psychologists and speech and language therapists. The contributors, both practitioners and academics, demonstrate the central role that communication and language plays in the diagnosis and rehabilitation of the mentally ill and highlights the need for closer links between the disciplines. Communication and the Mentally Ill Patient will stimulate much discussion across the fields and is valuable reading for professionals, academics and students in these subject areas.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 195
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9781853024146
• ISBN-10: 1853024147
• Artikelnr.: 23588518

Autorenporträt

Jenny France was a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist at Broadmoor Hospital. Niki Muir is a freelance specialist Speech and Language Therapist specialising in consultancy and training in all aspects of mental health.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: About communication and the mentally ill patient. 1. The
Symptoms of schizophrenia reflect disorders of communication, Christopher
Frith. 2. Intention, attention and deviant schizophrenic speech, Elaine
Chaika, 3. What can language tell us about thought disorder? Philip Thomas.
4. The language disorder and auditory hallucinations in schizophrenic
patients, Sarah Kramer. 5. `By our frames are we hung': Clinicians'
descriptions of interviews, Philip Thomas, William Fraser, Joseph Joyce and
Martin Duckworth. 6.Schizophrenia as a disorder of the human capacity for
language, Tim Crow and D.J. Done. 7. Cambridge language and speech project:
Preliminary findings on language and behaviour, Carol Stott, V. Burden, J.
Forge and I.M. Goodyer. 8. Pervasive developmental disorders, Paul
Chesterman. 9. Speech and language therapy and the mentally ill patient,
Jenny France and Niki Muir. 10. Conversational skills and schizophrenia: An
exploration Irene Walsh. 11. Semantic pragmatic disorder: The role of the
speech and language therapist in psychiatry, Niki Muir. 12.Applying
personal construct psychology: Communication skills groups for people with
mental health problems, Carmel Hayes. 13. Neurolinguistics programming as
an experiential constuctivist therapy for semantic pragmatic disorder,
Laurie Macdonald. 14. Social networks and their development in the
community, David Abrahamson. 15. Conclusion: The Way Forward, Jenny France
and Niki Muir.