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Stories and metaphors
— talking about the past in a psychotherapy group for people with dementia | | Author(s) | Rik Cheston |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 16, part 5, September 1996 |
| Pages | pp 579-602 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Therapy ; Group work ; Psychiatric treatment. |
| Annotation | Social constructionist approaches to the talk of older adults diagnosed as suffering from a dementing illness have emphasised the importance of analysing such talk in terms of its social function. This paper examines two sequences of stories produced during a psychotherapy group. The stories have two related functions: they enable individuals to explore the significance of their experiences which act as metaphors for the personal experience of having a dementing illness; and they act as a means of creating a series of social identities. As such, they serve as explanations of 'what it is to lose one's mind'. |
| Accession Number | CPA-961004004 A |
| Classmark | EA: DB: LO: IGG: LP |
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