Author/Editor		Zaviršek, D
Title		Psihiatrični oddelek med boleznijo in njeno kulturno manifestacijo: študija primera (III)
Translated title		Psychiatric ward between illness and its cultural manifestation: a case study (III)
Type		članek
Source		Soc Delo
Vol. and No.		Letnik 33, št. 3
Publication year		1994
Volume		str. 217-25
Language		slo
Abstract		Characteristic for the social situation of female psychiatric patients is that they have a meagre and scarce social network. Most of their social contacts are linked to the institution, yet these institution-linked contacts are ordinarily not extended to "private" contacts, that is, the patients do not habitually associate out of the hospital. Some results of a questionnaire applied by the author to a group of female patients are presented. They show, for instance, that almost half of the group have experienced physical violence from their relatives. In particular, the problem of isolation is scrutinized. The author finds discrimination in institution to manifest itself in the length of time spent on a patient by the staff, and concludes by linking her experience at research to Goffman's analysis of the psychiatric institution.
Descriptors		PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL QUESTIONNAIRES SOCIAL WORK INSTITUTIONALIZATION