{"title":"\"We'd Rather Do It Ourselves!\" a Peoples' Movement for Mental Health Rejects Professional Assistance","authors":"N. Hurvitz","doi":"10.1177/089976407700600109","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Some patients have always resisted voluntary psychotherapy and institutional psychiatry. Voluntary patients’ &dquo;resistance,&dquo; one of the basic concepts in psychodynamic theory and practice, is the operation of psychic forces against the individual’s professed desire to be psychically well. If the patient complains that the psychotherapy is not helpful, the therapist replies this is so because of his or her resistance and asserts that he or she is","PeriodicalId":48235,"journal":{"name":"Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly","volume":"32 1","pages":"69 - 72"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5000,"publicationDate":"1977-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/089976407700600109","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/089976407700600109","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"SOCIAL ISSUES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Some patients have always resisted voluntary psychotherapy and institutional psychiatry. Voluntary patients’ &dquo;resistance,&dquo; one of the basic concepts in psychodynamic theory and practice, is the operation of psychic forces against the individual’s professed desire to be psychically well. If the patient complains that the psychotherapy is not helpful, the therapist replies this is so because of his or her resistance and asserts that he or she is
期刊介绍:
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, the journal of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, is an international, interdisciplinary journal that seeks to enhance the quality of life and general welfare of humanity through effective and appropriate voluntary action by reporting on research and programs related to voluntarism, citizen participation, philanthropy, and nonprofit organizations in societies around the world.