Coherence in psychotic discourse

Summary: This monograph investigates ways of establishing coherence in the discourse of a thought-disordered patient, by analyzing two interviews - one where the patient is in an acute psychotic state, and the other where the same patient is considered fully recovered.

Record details

ISBN: 1423764358 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781423764359 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1601297882
ISBN: 9781601297884
ISBN: 9780195065978 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 0195065972 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780195066159 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0195066154 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0195065972 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 0195066154 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xvi, 320 p.) : ill.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:jan.13 Multi-User. CatBulkString:jan.10.13
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Coherence in Psychotic Talk. Coherence in Psychotic Discourse. Psychotic Discourse: Thought or Talk Disorders? Organization of This Study -- 2. About the Psychiatric Interviews. Definition of the Situation. Analyzing Recorded Interviews -- 3. Analyzing Discourse: Frame and Topic Coherence. Analyzing Talk: Frame and Topic. Analyzing Talk in Interviews -- 4. Conflicting Frames in the Discharge Interview. The Dominant Frames. Negotiating Alternative Frames -- 5. Topic Coherence in the Discharge Interview. A Topic Analysis of the Interview. Topic and Coherence. Frames and Topics -- 6. Topicality in the Admitting Interview: Where Coherence Breaks Down. On Establishing a Referent -- 7. Frame Analysis in the Admitting Interview: Where Coherence Emerges. The Institutional Frame of the Psychiatric Interview: "Dona Jurema, lets talk for a little while." The Noninstitutional Frame of the Psychotic Crisis: "Mother, you know everything." The Emergence of Consistent Texts in the Psychotic Fabrication.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.