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Aloneness In Tenuous Self‐States
Author(s) -
Ricci Marilyn S.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.1991.tb00335.x
Subject(s) - cohesion (chemistry) , psychology , psychology of self , social psychology , organic chemistry , chemistry
This article describes the inner world of severely impaired clients who operate within a behavioral mode of violence and manipulation. Clients who employ such tactics are attempting to exert control over an internal environment that threatens their sense of self‐cohesion. While descriptive labels of “uncooperative” and “manipulative” may be apt, these terms are used pejoratively all too often. This article outlines nursing approaches that assist these clients to achieve greater self‐cohesion.