Accompanied Selfrehabilitation

Accompanied Selfrehabilitation

Every once in a great while, there arises a young psychiatrist with entirely new rehabilitation ideas for helping patients retrieve their lives from psychosis. Usually such ideas initially elicit significant negative reactions from peers, but a handful of sturdy physicians have continued on to show the world that something different is possible—including George Brooks of the United States, E. E. Antinnen of Finland, and Franco Basaglia of Italy. Now we have to add to this list of illustrious doctors the name of Alberto Fergusson of Colombia”. (Extract of the 'Foreword”)'

  • Portadilla
  • Créditos
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • The Technique of Accompanied Autoanalysis and the Theory of Psychosis as Psychological Destruction and Decomposition
    • Introduction, Dr. Lina Sinisterra:
    • A. The Basic Principles of the Rehabilitation Process of Persons Diagnosed with Schizophrenia
  • The Scientific Recovery of the Mind
    • Introduction: Dr. Lina Sinisterra
  • Accompanied Autoanalysis: An Empathic Approach to Helping Deeply Disturbed Persons*
    • Background to the Practice of Accompanied Autoanalysis
    • Basic Hypotheses of Accompanied Autoanalysis
    • The Process of Accompanied Autoanalysis
      • Preparatory Phase
      • Intensive Phase
      • Permanent Phase
    • General Considerations about Accompanied Autoanalysis
    • Respecting Choice
    • A Brief Case Study
      • Psychosis as Psychological Damage, Destruction, and Decomposition
    • Conclusion
    • References
  • Consent, Accountability and the Future of Therapeutic Communities in the Light of Accompanied Self-Rehabilitation: The Chemical Asylum and the Right to Be Socially Sanctioned
    • Introduction and Background
      • Consent and Accountability and the Future of Therapeutic Communities
    • Conclusion
    • References
  • Innovative Care for the Homeless Mentally Ill in Bogotá, Colombia
    • Fundación Granja Taller (Fungrata)
    • Patients’ Experiences: The Homeless Come Home
      • From Marauding Viking to Security Guard (B. Q.)
        • The Potion (K. R.)
        • The Walking Woman (N. Q.)
        • I Love Begging (N. N.)
        • The Spell (I. F.)
        • Superman of the Volcano (E. Q.)
    • Conclusion: The Subjective Experience of Change
    • References
  • Normalcy Illuminated by Madness
  • Alberto Fergusson*
  • An Invitation to Self-Rehabilitation
    • The Challenge of Coming Up with a Proposal
    • The Origins of Accompanied Self-Rehabilitation
    • Socially Oriented Programs with a Sound Business Plan
    • Medical Hierarchy Transformed
    • Architecture and Psychiatry
    • Evaluation against International Standards
    • Putting Responsibility back where it Belongs: Accompanied Self-Rehabilitation
    • From the Therapeutic Community to the Patient as Leader of his Rehabilitation Process
    • Medication and Freedom
    • Work and Art as Therapy
    • Exporting the Model

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