Psychopharmacology and Pastoral Counseling: Medication and Meaning
Claims that emerging therapeutic approaches of psychiatrists and pastoral therapists need to combine medication for biochemical processes and meaning for framing experience. Observes that a pastoral therapist who finds a client resisting and/or rejecting referral for appropriate drug intervention ca...
| Published in: | The Journal of pastoral care |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
1995
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| In: |
The Journal of pastoral care
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| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Claims that emerging therapeutic approaches of psychiatrists and pastoral therapists need to combine medication for biochemical processes and meaning for framing experience. Observes that a pastoral therapist who finds a client resisting and/or rejecting referral for appropriate drug intervention can nevertheless use medication or soma as an explanatory scheme for soul-oriented treatment. Notes that treatment ought to focus on early detection of survival reactions and that drugs take the edge off unnecessary arousal, although dialogue remains necessary to reestablish a trusting relationship in an ambiguous world. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Journal of pastoral care
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/002234099504900103 |