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When the illness speaks
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 February 2023
Summary
The nature of culpability and agency in patients with a variety of psychiatric diagnoses is complex. In this article, a psychiatry resident (specialty trainee in psychiatry) reflects on a clinical encounter in medical school to demonstrate some of the benefits (including the removal of stigma) and dangers (including the threat to patients’ agency) of using the medical model to conceptualise psychiatric illness.
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- Clinical Reflection
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- Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists
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