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A FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING COMMUNICATION IN MENTAL ILLNESS
Author(s) -
Kramer Sarah,
Bryan Karen L.,
Frith Christopher D.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.3109/13682829809179416
Subject(s) - mental illness , psychology , mentally ill , psychotherapist , psychiatry , mental health
Many studies support the notion of semantic and/or pragmatic difficulties in people with mental illness. This paper describes a framework (based on a discourse analysis model) for the assessment and reassessment of communication in mentally ill persons.