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[The Role of Psychiatrists as Personal Support Specialists]
Abstract:
Robert P. Liberman introduced "Personal Support Specialists" as a role of psychiatrists who support patients' lives and help them discover the meaning of life, as well as helping with daily activities and personal difficulties. They need to have multiple perspectives on medical, subjective, social, and life recoveries. Important areas to help patients practically are job-assis- tance, supporting love and marriage, and independent living in the community. I usually use Seikatsu-Rinsho (The way of Living Learning), cognitive behavioral therapy, and Seikatsu-ryouhou (Life-centered Therapy) by Hiroshi Utena as basic principles in my practice. Recently, I shed light on an -individual value system to evolve these principles. Reflecting on two recovery stories I co-encountered, contents of psychiatric interviews and roles of psychiatrists are discussed. There remain many difficulties which modern psychiatry has not resolved, such as negative symptoms and marked disabilities in social life. We as psy- chiatrists should know how to evolve and maintain hope and intrinsic motivation to support a patient's life.
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