The Expansion and elaboration of the category personality disorders in South Africa 1948-1982

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dc.contributor.advisorSwartz, Sallyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorLaurenson, Helenen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-08T09:43:56Z
dc.date.available2014-10-08T09:43:56Z
dc.date.issued2009en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis archival study tracks the expansion and elaboration of the category personality disorders in South Africa from 1948 to 1982. Valkenberg Hospital patient files, official documents and professional publications are triangulated with interviews with clinicians. Previous findings that the diagnosis was applied primarily to white, and to a lesser extent coloured, patients in both the early and late 20th century are confirmed. The thesis argues that the expansion and elaboration of the category personality disorders occurred in interactional fashion both from the top down (via the state and the psy-professions) and from the bottom up (in interactions between clinicians and patients). It was linked to the professionalization of the psy-professions articulating with the state's need to manage the dangerous individual in the context of fears about white degeneration.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationLaurenson, H. (2009). <i>The Expansion and elaboration of the category personality disorders in South Africa 1948-1982</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8263en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationLaurenson, Helen. <i>"The Expansion and elaboration of the category personality disorders in South Africa 1948-1982."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8263en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLaurenson, H. 2009. The Expansion and elaboration of the category personality disorders in South Africa 1948-1982. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Laurenson, Helen AB - This archival study tracks the expansion and elaboration of the category personality disorders in South Africa from 1948 to 1982. Valkenberg Hospital patient files, official documents and professional publications are triangulated with interviews with clinicians. Previous findings that the diagnosis was applied primarily to white, and to a lesser extent coloured, patients in both the early and late 20th century are confirmed. The thesis argues that the expansion and elaboration of the category personality disorders occurred in interactional fashion both from the top down (via the state and the psy-professions) and from the bottom up (in interactions between clinicians and patients). It was linked to the professionalization of the psy-professions articulating with the state's need to manage the dangerous individual in the context of fears about white degeneration. DA - 2009 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2009 T1 - The Expansion and elaboration of the category personality disorders in South Africa 1948-1982 TI - The Expansion and elaboration of the category personality disorders in South Africa 1948-1982 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8263 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8263
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationLaurenson H. The Expansion and elaboration of the category personality disorders in South Africa 1948-1982. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2009 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8263en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherClinical Psychologyen_ZA
dc.titleThe Expansion and elaboration of the category personality disorders in South Africa 1948-1982en_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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