AN INTERACTIONAL MODEL OF PSYCHOSIS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA

A model of psychosis and schizophrenia, based primarily on symbolic interaction theory, is developed. Dialogic consciousness is defined as internalized communicative process, and certain constructs such as mind, self, and identity are defined as derivations of this process. Reality is defined as an...

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Main Author: SMITH, DAVID BABCOCK
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 1981
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI8201404