Am J Psychiatry 1979; 136:1561-1571
Copyright © 1979 by American Psychiatric Association
Intrapsychic structural effects of psychiatric research
SG Siris, JP Docherty and TH McGlashan
The authors observed that many psychotic patients on a clinical/research
ward incorporated various aspects of research organization into their own
evolving intrapsychic structures. This process had either beneficial or
deleterious clinical effects, depending on the attributes of the research
and the specific mental functions to which these attributes became
attached. The observations resulted in the development of a set of
recommendations for maximizing the therapeutic usefulness of this
phenomenon and minimizing its countertherapeutic drawbacks.
