Main’s Syndrome and a Nurse’s Reaction to It

Reproach: the art of shamesmanship

“…The psychotic boy remains ill and dreams of a public display of his illness ; a lawyer's son becomes a lawbreaker; a moralistic mother's daughter a promiscuous woman; a scholar's son a profligate. The doctor's patient relapses in anger; the hospitalized patient stirs staff expectations for her recovery and, failing to improve, conquers a disappointed ward [24,25] ; the saint fasts 'to reform those who love me' [26] and succeeds in shaming the British Empire and his own country into political and social change. These are all ultimately masochistic blaming modes.…”