Psykoser i (fiktiva) terapirum: en diskursanalys av psykologers texter från story completion och kvalitativa enkäter
(2023) PSPR14 20222Department of Psychology
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Studien analyserar hur psykologer konstruerar “psykos” som ett diskursivt objekt, vilka diskurser som används och vilka subjektspositioner det erbjuder till psykologer. Då kunskap och makt förstås som oskiljaktiga analyseras detta även utifrån begreppet disciplinär makt (Foucault, 1975/2017). Tretton psykologer deltog och metoderna story completion och kvalitativa enkäter utforskades för att generera texter om terapisamtal med en klient med förmodad psykos. En Foucault-inspirerad diskursanalys av detta empiriska material visar på att psykologerna använde främst tre diskurser: en psykiatrisk, en psykologisk och en etisk. Detta både öppnade och stängde motsägelsefulla subjektspositioner: expertbedömaren, samtalsexperten, beskyddaren,... (More)
- Studien analyserar hur psykologer konstruerar “psykos” som ett diskursivt objekt, vilka diskurser som används och vilka subjektspositioner det erbjuder till psykologer. Då kunskap och makt förstås som oskiljaktiga analyseras detta även utifrån begreppet disciplinär makt (Foucault, 1975/2017). Tretton psykologer deltog och metoderna story completion och kvalitativa enkäter utforskades för att generera texter om terapisamtal med en klient med förmodad psykos. En Foucault-inspirerad diskursanalys av detta empiriska material visar på att psykologerna använde främst tre diskurser: en psykiatrisk, en psykologisk och en etisk. Detta både öppnade och stängde motsägelsefulla subjektspositioner: expertbedömaren, samtalsexperten, beskyddaren, samarbetaren och väktaren. Utifrån detta diskuteras hur psykologer från olika diskursiva positioner relaterar olika till klienter med psykos. Detta tycks innebära vissa former av disciplinär makt, som ett särskilt lyssnande, motivationstekniker och förflyttningar till psykiatrisk vård, men också en risk för konflikter. (Less)
- Abstract
- This study analyses how psychologists construct “psychosis” as a discursive object, which discourses are drawn from and what subject positions this enables for psychologists. Since knowledge and power are considered inextricably linked, this is also analysed with the concept of disciplinary power (Foucault, 1975/2017). Thirteen psychologists were recruited, and the methods of story completion and qualitative surveys were explored to generate texts about psychotherapy with a client with presumed psychosis. Using a Foucault-inspired discourse analysis, the empirical material produced suggest that the psychologists drew mainly on three discourses: a psychiatric, a psychological and an ethical one. This both enabled and disabled contradictory... (More)
- This study analyses how psychologists construct “psychosis” as a discursive object, which discourses are drawn from and what subject positions this enables for psychologists. Since knowledge and power are considered inextricably linked, this is also analysed with the concept of disciplinary power (Foucault, 1975/2017). Thirteen psychologists were recruited, and the methods of story completion and qualitative surveys were explored to generate texts about psychotherapy with a client with presumed psychosis. Using a Foucault-inspired discourse analysis, the empirical material produced suggest that the psychologists drew mainly on three discourses: a psychiatric, a psychological and an ethical one. This both enabled and disabled contradictory subject positions: the expert assessor, the expert conversationalist, the protector, the collaborator, and the guardian. It is discussed how psychologists, from these discursive positions, relate differently to clients with psychosis. This appears to enable certain forms of disciplinary power, such as a particular listening, motivational techniques, and transfers to psychiatric care, but also the risk of conflicts. (Less)
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- author
- Herrlander Birgerson, Carl LU
- supervisor
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- Per Johnsson LU
- Tove Lundberg LU
- organization
- course
- PSPR14 20222
- year
- 2023
- type
- H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
- subject
- keywords
- psykos, psykologer, diskursanalys, subjektsposition, disciplinär makt, story completion psychosis, psychologists, discourse analysis, subject position, disciplinary power, story completion
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9109657
- date added to LUP
- 2023-02-01 15:20:43
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- 2023-02-01 15:20:43
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abstract = {{This study analyses how psychologists construct “psychosis” as a discursive object, which discourses are drawn from and what subject positions this enables for psychologists. Since knowledge and power are considered inextricably linked, this is also analysed with the concept of disciplinary power (Foucault, 1975/2017). Thirteen psychologists were recruited, and the methods of story completion and qualitative surveys were explored to generate texts about psychotherapy with a client with presumed psychosis. Using a Foucault-inspired discourse analysis, the empirical material produced suggest that the psychologists drew mainly on three discourses: a psychiatric, a psychological and an ethical one. This both enabled and disabled contradictory subject positions: the expert assessor, the expert conversationalist, the protector, the collaborator, and the guardian. It is discussed how psychologists, from these discursive positions, relate differently to clients with psychosis. This appears to enable certain forms of disciplinary power, such as a particular listening, motivational techniques, and transfers to psychiatric care, but also the risk of conflicts.}},
author = {{Herrlander Birgerson, Carl}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Psykoser i (fiktiva) terapirum: en diskursanalys av psykologers texter från story completion och kvalitativa enkäter}},
year = {{2023}},
}