Control and desire: The issue of identity in popular discourses of addiction

Bailey, Lucy E.

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“…Social groups can disseminate norms for collective and individual behavior, with costly sanctions for those who deviate (Bailey, 2005;Bolin, Lindgren, Lindstro, & Nystedt, 2003). Norms for drug use are reinforced within the social network, whereby socially isolated individuals have a greater likelihood to smoke, drink, and use drugs (Lovell, 2002).…”

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The Irish Traveller Community: Social Capital and Drug Use

Hout

2010

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

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The Irish Traveller community experiences severe marginalization, poverty, discrimination, and compromised health. Research indicates a distinct lack of structural understanding of Traveller negotiation of conflict within dominant sedentarist societal norms and values. Gender-based focus groups (n = 12) of Travellers (n = 57) were conducted as part of a large scale regional needs analysis for Travellers and substance use in Ireland and analyzed thematically using the social capital framework in terms of Traveller experiences within settled communities, exposure to drugs, and drug using contexts. Discriminatory experiences, low levels of institutional trust, and an influx of drug activity in Traveller communities are contributing to the neutralization of drug taking risk and the development of normative and reciprocal relationships in drug activities. A holistic, inter-governmental approach is needed to address social exclusion factors by reducing marginalization, preserving the Traveller ethnic identity, minimizing racist and discriminatory instances, understanding the Traveller risk environment, and fostering inclusive relationships with settled communities.

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The Irish Traveller Community: Social Capital and Drug Use

Hout

2010

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

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“…The addictive quality of self-harm has consequences for the sufferers' representations of personal agency and control over their actions. Broadly speaking, addiction -be it to self-harm, gambling, alcohol, or illicit drugs -is commonly conceived as a constraint on self-motivated actions (Bailey, 2005). Thus, as an addiction, self-harm is represented as a behaviour over which the individual has little, if any, personal control.…”

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Health Communication and Psychological Distress: Exploring the Language of Self-harm

Harvey¹,

Brown²

2012

The Canadian Modern Language Review

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This study explores adolescents' accounts of self-harm with a view to elucidate the implications for health care practitioners seeking to administer care to teenagers in English. Drawing on a corpus of 1.6 million words from messages posted on a UK-hosted adolescent health Web site, analysis began by identifying a range of keywords relating to self-harm. The subsequent contextual examination of these keywords afforded a close description of the contributors' experiences of self-harm and the factors that resulted in their selfinjurious behaviours. A recurring theme was that of the habitual nature of self-harm, with the act being represented as a form of addiction over which they had little control. Self-harmers construct the phenomenon as particularly powerful, and the act is formulated as the only effective means of relief from emotional turmoil. If we are to increase parents and health professionals' ability to respond to self-injury in the medium of English, close linguistic attention to individuals' accounts of self-harm is valuable. Online health resources are also valuable means of eliciting concerns from distressed adolescents who are often reluctant to seek support from professionals face-to-face.

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“…This approach might paradoxically collide with a desire to be identified with a diagnosis (Bailey, 2005;Cooper, 2004). In fact, some clients might exaggerate their difficulties in order to receive a certain diagnosis (Carone et al, 2010) and need to be understood from the context of the Downloaded by [University of Otago] at 08:08 05 July 2015 suffering that is experienced.…”

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“…They might also be unaware that they are exaggerating and are simply saying phrases that they sense are appropriate in a given context. Today, clients, practitioners, and researchers live in a world where information about diagnostic criteria is one click away on the Internet and information influences how individuals come to perceive themselves and their difficulties (Bailey, 2005). These perceptions are presented to others, perhaps in the hope that there is an explanation, a name, and a solution to the suffering.…”

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Neuropsychological Assessment in Substance Abuse Treatment—Focusing on the Effects of Substances and on Neuropsychological Assessment as a Collaborative Process

Punzi

2015

Smith College Studies in Social Work

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Substance abuse is connected to considerable suffering and symptoms. Neuropsychological assessment supports understanding of the distress and the symptoms of the individual client and therefore is increasingly requested in substance abuse treatment. Substances, however, influence neuropsychological functions and emotional states. Therefore, assessment often needs to be postponed. Conducted at a suitable point of time, with respect to abstinence and treatment planning, assessment might provide understanding of the needs and possibilities of the client. This work contributes with suggestions on how neuropsychological assessment might be conducted in substance abuse treatment. Because the effects of substances are considerable, an overview of the effects of varying substances on neuropsychological functioning is presented. It is also suggested that assessment should be understood as a collaborative process that should support clients' understanding of themselves.

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Control and desire: The issue of identity in popular discourses of addiction

Abstract: In this article, popular discourses of addiction are investigated. The development of these discourses since the concept of 'addiction' was developed a century ago is linked to changing conceptions of selfidentity.

Cited by 49 publications

References 6 publications

The Irish Traveller Community: Social Capital and Drug Use

The Irish Traveller Community: Social Capital and Drug Use

Health Communication and Psychological Distress: Exploring the Language of Self-harm

Neuropsychological Assessment in Substance Abuse Treatment—Focusing on the Effects of Substances and on Neuropsychological Assessment as a Collaborative Process

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