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Sexuality of Patients with Serious Psychiatric Disorders in Psychosocial Rehabilitation Units

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This chapter attempts a systematic theoretical and clinical study of the sexuality of psychotic patients in psychiatric institutions, in particular in those the stated objective and vision of which is to create an alternative therapeutic culture and practice. It examines the determining role and the various aspects of sexuality in the field of psychotic disorders, with particular emphasis on highlighting the role of the therapeutic team and countertransference work in psychiatric institutions, with respect to better understanding and managing the expression of sexuality of patients. This debate is highlighted through the clinical material content from a psychosocial rehabilitation unit. Commitment to thinking and hoping is a strong protection of therapeutic teams against the anxiety related to the breakdown of institutions as well as their psychosis generating and neo-institutional functioning.

For the meaning of a statement is not exhausted in what is stated. It can be disclosed only if one traces the history of its motivation and looks ahead to its implications.

Hans-Georg Gadamer

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    Stelios Stylianidis

  2. Association for Regional Development and Mental Health (EPAPSY), Athens, Greece

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    Stelios Farsaliotis

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Stylianidis, S., Belecou, P., Farsaliotis, S. (2016). Sexuality of Patients with Serious Psychiatric Disorders in Psychosocial Rehabilitation Units. In: Stylianidis, S. (eds) Social and Community Psychiatry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28616-7_18

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