Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Psychosis
Introduction
Mental Patient: A Word about Terminology
The โMentalโ in โMental Patientโ: Mental Illness
Psychosis
Disorganization and Loss of Agency
Conclusion
2. Autonomy
Introduction
Autonomy
Autonomous Choice
Psychotic Constraints on Autonomy
Respecting the Choices of Psychotic Patients
Increasing Autonomy
Conclusion
3. Patient
Introduction
Medicalization of Mental Illness Experience
Medicalization, Power, and Vulnerability
Being Sick
The Patient Identity
Agency, Autonomy, and Treatment
Conclusion
4. Trust
Introduction
Building Relationships of Trust
What Patients Trust in Their Clinicians
What Clinicians Trust in Their Patients
Therapeutic Alliance
Incompetence and Coercive Treatment
Encouragement to Trust
Conclusion
5. Empathy
Introduction
Empathizing with Psychotic Patients
What Hallucinations Can Sometimes Be Like
Empathy
The Role of Empathy in Developing Autonomy
The Role of Empathy in Clinical Care
Empathy and Compassion
Empathy and Compassion of the Patient
Conclusion
6. Testimony
Introduction
Patient Testimony
Power, Privilege, and Credibility
Uptake
Conclusion
7. Meaning Making
Introduction
The Mental Patient as an Epistemic Agent Engaged in Practices of Meaning Making
Conditions for Meaning Making in Therapy
Personal Narratives
Larger Narratives of Mental Illness
Settling on Larger Narrative Frameworks
Epistemic Trust
Conclusion
8. Choices
Introduction
The Choice to Take Medication as Prescribed
Factors in Choosing to Take Medication
Difficulties with Choosing to Take Medication as Prescribed
Choices
Taking Responsibility
Conclusion
Conclusion
Notes
1. Psychosis
2. Autonomy
3. Patient
4. Trust
5. Empathy
6. Testimony
7. Meaning Making
8. Choices
Conclusion
Bibliography
Series Editors
Index
