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dc.contributor.authorVollm, Birgit A.
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-23T07:59:50Z
dc.date.available2017-10-23T07:59:50Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationMcDonald, R., Furtado, V. & Vollm, B. A. (2016). Managing madness, murderers and paedophiles: Understanding change in the field of English forensic psychiatry. Social Science & Medicine, 164 (September), pp.12-18.en
dc.identifier.other10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.07.011
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12904/6708
dc.description.abstractThis paper discusses changes occurring in the field of English forensic psychiatry which appear to be linked to feelings of discomfort amongst medical professionals who manage care in such settings. These changes are neither the result of a sudden ‘shock’ to the system, nor small improvisations at the margins, but instead appear to reflect a growing perception amongst psychiatrists of accepted field practice as inadequate for some types of patients. To understand how feelings and emotions are implicated in these changes we draw on and develop the work of Pierre Bourdieu to suggest that changes must be seen in the context of field tensions, which have implications for habitus. However, we do not view feelings of discomfort merely as a response to these tensions. Instead we suggest a more dynamic process. The habitus plays a key role in structuring what people pay attention to, how they perceive it and therefore, whether they experience particular feelings in the first place. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)
dc.description.urihttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953616303653
dc.subjectMental healthen
dc.subjectHealth personnelen
dc.titleManaging madness, murderers and paedophiles: Understanding change in the field of English forensic psychiatryen
dc.typeArticle
html.description.abstractThis paper discusses changes occurring in the field of English forensic psychiatry which appear to be linked to feelings of discomfort amongst medical professionals who manage care in such settings. These changes are neither the result of a sudden ‘shock’ to the system, nor small improvisations at the margins, but instead appear to reflect a growing perception amongst psychiatrists of accepted field practice as inadequate for some types of patients. To understand how feelings and emotions are implicated in these changes we draw on and develop the work of Pierre Bourdieu to suggest that changes must be seen in the context of field tensions, which have implications for habitus. However, we do not view feelings of discomfort merely as a response to these tensions. Instead we suggest a more dynamic process. The habitus plays a key role in structuring what people pay attention to, how they perceive it and therefore, whether they experience particular feelings in the first place. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)


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