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Managing madness, murderers and paedophiles : understanding change in the field of English forensic psychiatry
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McDonald, Ruth, Furtado, Vivek and Völlm, Birgit (2016) Managing madness, murderers and paedophiles : understanding change in the field of English forensic psychiatry. Social Science & Medicine, 164 . pp. 12-18. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.07.011
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.07.011
Abstract
This paper discusses changes occurring in the field of English forensic psychiatry which appear to be linked to feelings of discomfort amongst medical professionals who manage care in such settings. These changes are neither the result of a sudden ‘shock’ to the system, nor small improvisations at the margins, but instead appear to reflect a growing perception amongst psychiatrists of accepted field practice as inadequate for some types of patients. To understand how feelings and emotions are implicated in these changes we draw on and develop the work of Pierre Bourdieu to suggest that changes must be seen in the context of field tensions, which have implications for habitus. However, we do not view feelings of discomfort merely as a response to these tensions. Instead we suggest a more dynamic process. The habitus plays a key role in structuring what people pay attention to, how they perceive it and therefore, whether they experience particular feelings in the first place.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine | ||||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Forensic psychiatry | ||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Social Science & Medicine | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||||||
| ISSN: | 0277-9536 | ||||||||||
| Official Date: | September 2016 | ||||||||||
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| Volume: | 164 | ||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 12-18 | ||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.07.011 | ||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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