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Assessing the Difficulties for British Patients of Caribbean Origin in Being Referred for Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy
Author(s) -
Smith Barbara Fletchman
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
british journal of psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1752-0118
pISSN - 0265-9883
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0118.1993.tb00629.x
Subject(s) - plea , psychology , referral , psychotherapist , sexual abuse , psychoanalytic theory , psychoanalysis , suicide prevention , poison control , medicine , medical emergency , family medicine , political science , law
SUMMARY. Caribbean origin British patients are often not referred for psychoanalytical psychotherapy. I will be looking here at referral difficulties through a consultation with a young woman who I will call Miss C. A link will be discussed between the child sexual abuse she presented and borderline states and a plea made for a reassessment of notions about suitability for psychotherapy and for psychotherapeutic help.