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Smart, Graham; Thompson, Richard – Written Communication, 2017
This study extends a line of inquiry established by researchers using narrative theory to investigate the discourses of psychiatry. Drawing primarily on theories of narrative and genre, the study analyzes a series of autobiographical books intended for an audience of youth suffering from mental illness. Our research investigates how the rhetorical…
Descriptors: Books, Youth, Mental Disorders, Autobiographies
Berkenkotter, Carol; Hanganu-Bresch, Cristina – Written Communication, 2011
Using archival admissions records and case histories of patients at a British asylum from the 1860s to the 1870s, the authors examine the medical certification process leading to the asylum confinement of individuals judged to be "of unsound mind." These institutional texts are, the authors suggest, "occult genres" that…
Descriptors: Psychiatry, Patients, Certification, Archives
Schiegg, Markus; Thorpe, Deborah – Written Communication, 2017
Handwritten texts carry significant information, extending beyond the meaning of their words. Modern neurology, for example, benefits from the interpretation of the graphic features of writing and drawing for the diagnosis and monitoring of diseases and disorders. This article examines how handwriting analysis can be used, and has been used…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychiatric Hospitals, Patients, Handwriting