Prevention, solution-focused therapy, and the illusion of mental disorders |
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Authors: | Jefferson M. Fish |
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Affiliation: | aSt. John's University, USA |
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Abstract: | Therapy theorists' criticism of the lack of specific mechanisms in the prevention of mental disorders is examined from the perspective of solution-focused therapy (SFT), which argues that solutions can be unrelated to problems, and that it is not even necessary to know what a problem is in order to solve it. It is suggested that the shift of attention from problems to solutions in SFT offers a conceptual framework within which the criticism is not relevant, and from which theorists of therapy and prevention can share a common outlook. This outlook involves a focus on encouraging productive, useful, positive behavior, with a corresponding deemphasis on an skepticism about current conceptualizations of mental disorders. |
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Keywords: | Prevention of mental illness Brief therapy Solution-focused therapy Response expectancy Positive expectancy |
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