What is it about?
In this paper, I and my co-author Nancy McWilliams, address the undertheorized question of sharing patients’ medical records as part of the therapeutic process in psychotherapy. This is a theory-generating essay showing how collaborative reading of medical records can be integrated with the overarching goals of psychotherapy.
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Why is it important?
Traditionally, sharing records with psychiatric patients has been controversial - not only because psychiatric patients are often seen as unstable, dangerous, or too fragile to handle information about themselves, but also because therapists are used to being “neutral” and not having their assessment questioned.
Perspectives
We argue that collaborative reading of medical records, is not an either-or issue but rather a matter of how, when and for what purpose question. Contrary to common assumptions, we suggest that this intervention may be of more benefit to more seriously disturbed patients and those with significant personality disorders.
Clinical Psychologist Malin Fors
Finnmark Hospital Trust
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This page is a summary of: Collaborative reading of medical records in psychotherapy: A feminist psychoanalytic proposal about narrative and empowerment., Psychoanalytic Psychology, January 2016, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/pap0000019.
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