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Manipulation: searching for an understanding.

L Bowers1

  • 1St Bartholomew School of Nursing & Midwifery, City University, London, UK.

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
|May 21, 2003
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Understanding manipulative behavior in personality-disordered (PD) patients is crucial for psychiatric professionals. This article explores three interpretive frameworks to foster non-judgmental care and effective therapeutic management of PD patients.

Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Manipulative behavior by personality-disordered (PD) patients often elicits negative emotions and avoidance in psychiatric professionals.
  • This can impede effective treatment and patient care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide psychiatric professionals with frameworks for understanding manipulative behavior.
  • To enable a non-judgmental approach and improve therapeutic management of PD patients.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review summarizing three interpretive schemes for manipulation.
  • Analysis of manipulation as normal behavior, unconsciously motivated behavior, and cognitive distortion.

Main Results:

  • Three viable interpretive schemes for understanding manipulation are presented.

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  • These schemes facilitate a non-judgmental approach to PD patients.

    • Conclusions:

    • Understanding manipulation through these frameworks aids professionals in managing emotional responses.
    • This approach supports effective, therapeutic management of manipulative behaviors in PD patients.