Institutional Neurosis (eBook)

Russell Barton (Autor)

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2017 | 2. Auflage
68 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4832-2706-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Institutional Neurosis is a four-chapter text that systematically presents the dreadful mental changes that may result from institutional life and the steps that can be taken to cure them. The term 'institutional neurosis promotes the syndrome to the category of a disease, rather than a process, thereby encouraging the public to understand, approach, and deal with it in the same way as other diseases. The opening chapter describes the clinical features of the disorder in mental hospitals, its differential diagnosis, etiology, treatment, and prevention. The next chapters consider the etiology or factors associated with institutional neurosis, including apathy, loss of interest, lack of initiative, and sometimes a characteristic posture and gait. The last chapter reviews the various aspects of the treatment of institutional neurosis. This book is of value to neurologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and researchers in the allied fields.

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Institutional Neurosis is a four-chapter text that systematically presents the dreadful mental changes that may result from institutional life and the steps that can be taken to cure them. The term "e;institutional neurosis promotes the syndrome to the category of a disease, rather than a process, thereby encouraging the public to understand, approach, and deal with it in the same way as other diseases. The opening chapter describes the clinical features of the disorder in mental hospitals, its differential diagnosis, etiology, treatment, and prevention. The next chapters consider the etiology or factors associated with institutional neurosis, including apathy, loss of interest, lack of initiative, and sometimes a characteristic posture and gait. The last chapter reviews the various aspects of the treatment of institutional neurosis. This book is of value to neurologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and researchers in the allied fields.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Institutional Neurosis 6
Copyright Page 7
Table of Contents 12
FOREWORD 14
CHAPTER 1. CONSIDERATION, CLINICAL FEATURES, AND DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF INSTITUTIONAL NEUROSIS 16
Clinical Features 17
Differential Diagnosis 18
CHAPTER 2. AETIOLOGY OR FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH INSTITUTIONAL NEUROSIS 20
CHAPTER 3. CONSIDERATION OF THE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH INSTITUTIONAL NEUROSIS 22
1. Loss of Contact with the Outside World 22
2. Enforced Idleness 23
3. Bossiness of Medical and Nursing Staff 24
4· Loss of Personal Friends, Possessions, and Personal Events 26
5· Drugs 27
6. Ward Atmosphere 27
7. Loss of Prospects Outside the Institution 28
CHAPTER 4. TREATMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL NEUROSIS: CORRECTION OF THE VARIOUS FACTORS 31
Outside Hospital 35
Hospital Staff 35
1. Re-establishment of Patients' Contacts 36
2. Provision of Daily Sequence of Useful Occupations, Recreations, and Social Events 14 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week 41
3. Alteration of the Attitude of Medical and Nursing Staff 45
4. Encourage and make it possible for a Patient to have Friends, Possessions, and to enjoy Personal Events 51
5· Reduction of Drugs 54
6. Provision of a Homely, Friendly, Permissive Ward Atmosphere 56
7. Make the Patient aware of Prospects of Accommodation, Work, and Friends outside Hospital 60
SUMMARY 65
REFERENCES 67

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.6.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 1-4832-2706-5 / 1483227065
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4832-2706-1 / 9781483227061