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Life Crisis, Social Diagnosis, and Social Therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. K. W. Morrice
J. K. W. Morrice*
Affiliation:
The Ross Clinic, Cornhill Road, Aberdeen, AB9 2ZF
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In a previous paper (Morrice, 1973a) an account was given of a day hospital run as a therapeutic community. Emphasis was laid upon the way staff had learned to diagnose and treat patients not only according to conventional labels but also in terms of their disturbed social relationships—so-called social diagnosis and social prescription. At that time also an attempt was begun to identify life events which appeared to have precipitated the patients’ referral to psychiatric care. This paper considers the data derived from 266 consecutive admissions to the day hospital. Information obtained in each case was discussed by the staff group and noted on a standard form (Fig. 1) according to agreed principles.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 125 , Issue 587 , October 1974 , pp. 411 - 413
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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