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Is it Possible to be a Bit Dialogical? Exploring How a Dialogical Perspective Might Contribute to a Psychiatrist's Practice in a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Setting
Author(s) -
MikesLiu Kristof
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1002/anzf.1094
Subject(s) - dialogical self , biopsychosocial model , perspective (graphical) , set (abstract data type) , relevance (law) , psychology , mental health , point (geometry) , epistemology , sociology , psychotherapist , social psychology , computer science , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , artificial intelligence , political science , law , programming language
This article explores the potential relevance of dialogical ideas to psychiatric practice and asks: Is it possible to be a bit dialogical? A practice predicament is offered as a point of reference that is explored in light of the ideas presented. The notion of voice is used to introduce some ideas that inform dialogical approaches to clinical practice. Voice is then considered with respect to a medical setting, through examination of the biopsychosocial model, psychiatry's contract with society, the example of Open Dialogues, and Recovery. The conclusion acknowledges the possibility that tension is experienced between therapeutic ideals and contextual constraints. The original question may assist the clinician in defining a set of values that acknowledges this tension.