Open Journal of Psychiatry and Allied Sciences (Jun 2019)

Strength-based approach in dealing with severe mental illness

  • Febna Moorkath,
  • G Ragesh,
  • Ameer Hamza

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5958/2394-2061.2019.00038.7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 2
pp. 175 – 177

Abstract

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Strength-based approach in dealing with persons with psychiatric illness gained more attention in the clinical setting mainly due to its unique way of addressing clients and their issues. It is a way of conceptualising and understanding people and their circumstances from the strength point of view and clinicians try to build-up from the core strengths, towards achieving client’s goals. The current article focuses on the utility of strength-based approach in a case with paranoid schizophrenia and tries to bring evidence-based case discussion in this regard.

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