Should psychiatrists write fiction?

This paper looks at the relationship between fiction and psychiatry. Specifically, the idea of psychiatrists as fiction writers is explored, and reference is made to various fictional texts to illustrate the problems of stigma and negative imagery. These two main areas of focus are highlighted as on...

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Autor principal: Bladon, Henry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2018
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Special Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6001861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29544554
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2017.5
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description This paper looks at the relationship between fiction and psychiatry. Specifically, the idea of psychiatrists as fiction writers is explored, and reference is made to various fictional texts to illustrate the problems of stigma and negative imagery. These two main areas of focus are highlighted as ones that the practice of writing fiction might address, and some potential pitfalls are discussed. The paper suggests how psychiatrists might ameliorate the present problems by incorporating their unique clinical skills and knowledge into fictional narratives. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: None.
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spelling pubmed-60018612018-06-15 Should psychiatrists write fiction? Bladon, Henry BJPsych Bull Special Articles This paper looks at the relationship between fiction and psychiatry. Specifically, the idea of psychiatrists as fiction writers is explored, and reference is made to various fictional texts to illustrate the problems of stigma and negative imagery. These two main areas of focus are highlighted as ones that the practice of writing fiction might address, and some potential pitfalls are discussed. The paper suggests how psychiatrists might ameliorate the present problems by incorporating their unique clinical skills and knowledge into fictional narratives. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: None. Cambridge University Press 2018-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6001861/ /pubmed/29544554 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2017.5 Text en © The Author 2018 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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