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Community work as part of the psychiatric services of Nacka
Author(s) -
Levander Sonja
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1987.tb07758.x
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , psychiatry , social welfare , social work , work (physics) , psychology , medicine , psychotherapist , law , political science , mechanical engineering , artificial intelligence , computer science , engineering
Abstract In psychiatry we often meet people presenting psychiatric symptoms rooted in social or psycho‐social problems. Traditional treatment methods often fail, leading to a sense of failure in the therapist and an experience of being misunderstood or being “a hopeless case” in the patient. There is a need for developing new methods for problems belonging to the “grey zone”, that is the area bordering on or covered by the three major care systems in our society: the social welfare, the primary care system and psychiatry. These methods should necessarily take into account the specific needs expressed inthe symptoms and guarantee a more holistic perspective of the patient and his situation. The author gives some practical examples of work with immigrant women, an Information Bureau and a Cafe especially intended for chronically ill psychiatric patients.