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Stile di attaccamento, rappresentazione del se e dei legami famigliari: l’analisi del Disegno della famiglia
No full textMental health practitioners’ narratives about gender transition and the role of diagnosis: A qualitative study in the Italian context
Full text linkIn many European Countries, a diagnosis is needed to access the gender transition process, which has sparked debate about whether gender variance should be equated with a psychodiagnosis. This study explores mental health practitioners’ perspectives about the implications of using the diagnosis for gatekeeping purposes. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 Italian mental health specialists. The personal positions and interpretative repertoires emerging from the interviews centred on three thematic areas: the diagnosis, the practitioner's role, and the clinical relationship. In relation to the development of health promotion policies, findings underscore the importance of exercising reflexivity, adhering to theory and national and/or international guidelines, and analysing people's needs to ensure that the clinical setting is an affirmative space, especially for non-binary people
Ex post evaluation of an operating theatre
No full textIn this paper we present a general framework for the ex post evaluation of an operating theatre driven by different performance criteria. We tested such a framework on a real case study proposing also a comparison with the actual situation
Trans People's Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding the Diagnosis of "Gender Dysphoria": Research in the Italian Context
No full textIn many countries, the psychological pathway is an important practice in gender transition, especially where a diagnosis is needed in order to access medical treatments and legal recognition. This filter function is a source of debate for both professionals and trans people, particularly because of its potential for equating gender variances with mental illness. Despite recent changes in health communities' attitudes toward diagnosis for gender transition, this issue must be handled carefully, as it can also affect the dynamics of the clinical interaction. This study explores beliefs and attitudes toward diagnosis by addressing the subjective perspectives of 25 people in transition. Through a nonstructured interview, we sought to shed light on how a diagnosis of gender dysphoria is perceived and used, what position trans people take in relation to mental health practitioners, and the possible implications. Interpretative repertoires analysis showed that the diagnosis was experienced as a "constraint," described in terms of convergence toward or divergence from the individual's own identity. Positioning analysis found that the mental health practitioner was seen as either contributing to the denial of participants' identity and hindering their progress along the path to transition, or as supporting this process. The practitioner is also seen as an evaluator rather than an expert, because trans people know themselves best. The findings indicate that the diagnostic process may obscure or interfere with the most important function of the psychological pathway, namely, the creation of an affirmative space and shared objectives
The representation of the “science” construct in the diagnostic manuals. An exploratory research on the use of the scientific term in the icd-10, in the dsm-5 and in the pdm
Full text linkDisciplines and theoretical approaches are characterized by the research of a defined scientific status in order to legitimate them. To understand psychological phenomena in the heterogeneous field of clinical psychology, different linguistic expressions and scientific criteria can be found, as well as many pragmatic consequences. In this research we tried to explore the meanings related to the use of the term “scientific” in some diagnostic manuals: the icd-10, the dsm-5 and the pdm. The method used was that of perspicuous representation, i.e. a system of linguistic analysis aimed at identifying some symbolic units present in the manuals. The results allowed to highlight the meanings related to the different understandings of science and to advance some operative suggestions. In conclusion, it can be highlighted how the use of the construct “science” and the linguistic expressions related to it are very different in the three manuals investigated and refers to fields of meaning very d..
Action Changes the Brain, and the Brain Does Not Define Action: a Lesson from Neuroscience on Certain Biases in the Clinical Context
No full textSome considerations about auditory verbal hallucinations in the clinical field | Rozważania kliniczne dotyczące halucynacji słuchowych słownych
Full text linkThe concept of “normality” in medical and psychological sciences: Differences and interconnections
Full text linkThe “normal-abnormal” continuum is one way to organize models of operational interventions, and to define various professional roles, especially in medicine, psychiatry, and psychology. In these fields the diagnostic process draws on the concept of normality to distinguish between healthy and pathological states and draws conclusions about prognosis, treatment, and cure. In psychiatry and psychology, unlike in medicine, diagnosis is often a problematic and controversial process because of the lack of clear boundaries between normal and psychopathological states. This has practical consequences for the work of professionals and the way patients are treated. In this work we make some epistemological observations about the relationship between diagnostic processes and normality. In particular, we consider some specific terms relating to the diagnostic process and the concept of “normality” in order to distinguish between the medical and clinical-psychological implications of intervention
What is it Like to Be a BDSM Player? The Role of Sexuality and Erotization of Power in the BDSM Experience
Full text linkResearch with individuals who practice consensual Bondage, Discipline, Domination, Submission, Sadism, and Masochism (BDSM) has shed light on a complex and multi-faceted phenomenon. How much this experience relates to sexuality and sexual pleasure is a controversial topic in the literature. This review offers a critical re-conceptualization of the sexual component, comparing BDSM and non-BDSM sexual experiences, and highlighting the importance of the erotic construction of power as a source of pleasure. It also discusses whether the erotic power exchange experience (EPE) reveals a sexual or an erotic orientation. The variety of terms and acronyms used to designate the experience of eroticization of power (BDSM, EPE, S&M sadism and masochism, D/S or sadomasochism, Fetish, kink and kinky sex) reflects the many perspectives that have been taken in observing the phenomenon. Generalizing BDSM as an eminently sexual experience has obscured a more nuanced understanding of the specific meanings relating to the activities promoted by the communities and simplified a variegated geography of experiences. These experiences are difficult to summarize in terms of typifications and can be better described as “finite provinces of meanings”
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