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The madman theory of war: a possible application in therapy
Author(s) -
Birch Jim
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1046/j..1985.00673.x
Subject(s) - feature (linguistics) , psychotherapist , systemic therapy , value (mathematics) , therapeutic relationship , family therapy , psychology , marital therapy , medicine , computer science , cancer , philosophy , linguistics , machine learning , breast cancer
In therapeutic work a systemic approach has characteristically focused on the family or marital system. In this paper the author focuses on the patient/health care system in a particular case and argues that chronic disability can be seen as a systemic feature rather than a characteristic of the individual patient. A strategy is taken from the field of international conflict and its therapeutic value is explored.