Interpreting in Palliative Care: A Continuing Education Workshop

Offers a curriculum for a daylong course for interpreters about palliative care, including lesson plans, handouts, presentation slides, and videos

“But What About Real Mental Illnesses?” Alternatives to the Disease Model Approach to “Schizophrenia”

The old dichotomy between “neurosis” and “psychosis” appears to be alive and well in the debate about psychiatric diagnosis. It is often suggested that while diagnostic alternatives may be appropriate for the relatively common forms of distress with which we can all identify such as anxiety and depression, psychiatric diagnoses remain vital for experiences such as hearing voices, holding beliefs that others find strange, or appearing out of touch with reality—experiences that are traditionally thought of as symptoms of psychosis. Such experiences are often assumed to be symptoms of underlying brain pathology or “real mental illnesses” that need to be diagnosed or “excluded” (in the medical sense of ruling out particular explanations of problems) before deciding on the appropriate intervention. This article argues that this belief is misguided, and that far from being essential, psychiatric diagnosis has the potential to be particularly damaging when applied to such experiences. It describes an alternative perspective outlined in a recent consensus report by the British Psychological Society Division of Clinical Psychology ( Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia), which has attracted significant attention in the United Kingdom and internationally. The report argues that even the most severe distress and the most puzzling behavior can often be understood psychologically, and that psychological approaches to helping can be very effective. It exhorts professionals not to insist that people accept any one particular framework of understanding, for example, that their experiences are symptoms of an illness. This article outlines that report’s main findings, together with their implications for how professionals can best help. </jats:p

Responses to the publication of the American Psychiatric Association’s DSM 5

The idea and practice of ‘diagnosis’ in psychiatry has always been controversial. Controversy came to a head in the period preceding and immediately after publication of the latest version of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5. There was widespread international discussion and debate not only in scholarly journals but in mainstream and social media, and to the formation of International DSM Response Committee and an International Summit on Psychiatric Diagnosis. This article documents that process and outlines the issues that provoked, and continue to provoke most controversy, from the (admittedly personal) perspective of those involved. It ends with suggestions of alternatives to diagnosis, which avoid some of these problems and outlines how these are being taken forward. The next ten years are likely to see significant change

Far from Home and Facing Serious Illness: Palliative Care for Undocumented Immigrants

In this interactive session, participants explore case examples to identify the common issues that arise in the care of undocumented immigrants and the ways that the interdisciplinary health care team can address them. The session also covers the unique losses and sense of isolation experienced by undocumented immigrants, as well as the ethical dilemmas faced by the providers who care for them.https://digitalcommons.providence.org/ethicsvideos/1026/thumbnail.jp

Pass på språket ditt! En veileder for språkbruk om psykisk helse i fag og media

Rapporten er oversatt av Bengt Karlsson, Marit Borg og Thomas Tjelta. Senter for psykisk helse og rus. Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge Forfatterne har gitt sin tillatelse til oversettelsen

Pass på språket ditt! En veileder for språkbruk om psykisk helse i fag og media

Rapporten er oversatt av Bengt Karlsson, Marit Borg og Thomas Tjelta. Senter for psykisk helse og rus. Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge Forfatterne har gitt sin tillatelse til oversettelsen

Pass på språket ditt! En veileder for språkbruk om psykisk helse i fag og media

Rapporten er oversatt av Bengt Karlsson, Marit Borg og Thomas Tjelta. Senter for psykisk helse og rus. Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge Forfatterne har gitt sin tillatelse til oversettelsen

Caring for Homeless Patients with Progressive Illness

Homeless persons with serious illness face unique challenges. Through the lens of real patients\u27 stories, Drs. Kinderman and Mullin give best practices in palliative care for homeless persons and practical tools to improve the care provided to these patients.https://digitalcommons.providence.org/ethicsvideos/1009/thumbnail.jp