The chronic psychiatric patient as a “difficult” patient: A conceptual analysis
- 1 March 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in New Directions for Mental Health Services
- Vol. 1987 (33) , 35-50
- https://doi.org/10.1002/yd.23319873305
Abstract
In frankly focusing on the difficult patient qua patient, this chapter examines sociological and clinical correlates of a psychiatric treatment paradox: that the psychiatric service system often inappropriately serves or even fails to reach these patients who are typically desperately in need of care.Keywords
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