Readmission and the social construction of mental disturbance

This dissertation examines recurrent patterns in the interaction between psychiatric patients and the systems of knowledge and power that constitute them as patients. These patterns are traced both in the historical migmti::m of patients into and out of the asylum, and in the language used by doctors and patients to account for such migration. Transcripts of interviews with patients and case notes written by doctors are subjected to new forms of quantitative analysis and this is used together with qualitative interpretation to reveal the ways in which disciplinary power operates through confession and surveillance to constitute psychiatric subjects in the tension between freedom and incarceration.PsychologyD.Litt. et Phil. (Psychology

The Effect of Narrative Career Facilitation on the Personal Growth of a Disadvantaged Student—A Case Study

This article describes the effect of narrative career facilitation on the personal growth of a disadvantaged undergraduate student at a tertiary institution in South Africa. The participant was selected purposively from among a group of undergraduate students at the tertiary education institution who shared a similar background. The intervention involved Narrative Career Facilitation and occurred over a period of one year. Data on student career awareness were gathered using the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator, the Differential Aptitude Tests and the Rothwell-Miller Interest Blank, as well as qualitative techniques. (including a collage, the life line, early anecdotes, as well as the life story techniques). Following the intervention, the student evidenced an improved future perspective and a more positive academic self-image. The process of narrative career facilitation had a positive effect on the overall personal growth of the student