Psychotherapy and General Practice

Gask, Linda; McGrath, Graeme

doi:10.1192/bjp.154.4.445

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“…I stated that to survive in its present form general practice would need to reintroduce the psychodynamic dimension and that a theoretical approach to psychological interventions was necessary. A theory could more appropriately be based on mentalization than on Balint's more imprecise theoretical formulations (Balint 1964; Davidsen 2010; Gask & Mcgrath 1989). That article can be seen as a hermeneutic of suspicion.…”

Section: Psychological Interventions In General Practice: An Empiricamentioning

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Phenomenological Approaches in Psychology and Health Sciences

Davidsen

2013

Qualitative Research in Psychology

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A whole family of qualitative methods is informed by phenomenological philosophy. When applying these methods, the material is analyzed using concepts from this philosophy to interrogate the findings and to enable greater theoretical analysis. However, the phenomenological approach represents different approaches, from pure description to those more informed by interpretation. Phenomenological philosophy developed from a discipline focusing on thorough descriptions, and only descriptions, toward a greater emphasis on interpretation being inherent in experience. An analogous development toward a broader acknowledgment of the need for interpretation, the influence of the relationship and the researcher, and the co-construction of the narrative is mirrored in qualitative analytic theory and the description of newer analytic methods as, for example, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis and Critical Narrative Analysis, methods which are theoretically founded in phenomenology. This methodological development and the inevitable contribution of interpretation are illustrated by a case from my own research about psychological interventions and the process of understanding in general practice.

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Section: Psychological Interventions In General Practice: An Empiricamentioning

confidence: 99%

Phenomenological Approaches in Psychology and Health Sciences

Davidsen

2013

Qualitative Research in Psychology

219

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“…As early as 1926, with the Peckham Experiment, physicians and researchers in Great Britain were studying the family unit and reporting that illness and health are not purely biological in that they are also influenced by the changing family environment. In the early 1970s, Brook (see 8) established a system whereby psychiatrists, social workers, and psychologists from the Tavistock Clinic became familiar with group practices. They met with referred patients, carried out joint interviews with the physician, and were available to discuss the patient with the general practitioner.…”

Section: The British Experiencementioning

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The physician and licensed mental health professional team: Prevalence and feasibility.

Lareau¹,

Nelson²

1994

Family Systems Medicine

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Physicians in a rural Virginia community were surveyed to determine the feasibility of a physician /counselor liaison practice. Comparable experience in the United Kingdom is reviewed as well. Fifty-seven percent of the physicians surveyed reported that they would find a liaison practice useful, at least a half-day per week, in a medical practice similar to theirs. Family practitioners considered the concept more useful than did a group of 21 medical specialtists; oncologists, emergency medicine physicians, younger physicians, and those who refer for counseling more often were most enthusiastic. General information relating to the liaison arrangement was gathered from licensing boards, medical and counseling organizations, and malpractice and health insurance companies.

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“…Recently, we have discussed in our country (3) a phenomenon frequently observed in primary care (PC) and previously referred to by other authors (4,5). This phenomenon, satirically called "to balint", refers to the tendency of some B a h t group trained GPs to offer compulsively psychological interpretations to patients who have not asked for them.…”

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