When there is too much to take in: some factors that restrict the capacity to think

In this chapter I consider some of the internal and external factors that inhibit and restrict the development of a thinking mind that is able to apprehend internal and external reality. I focus primarily on intellectual restrictions, which seem to arise not as a direct result of organic damage, but...

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Published inUnexpected Gains pp. 122 - 132
Main Author Reyes-Simpson, Elisa
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 2004
Edition1
Subjects
Mild Learning Disability
External Dangerous Situations
Mr A
DNA Rate
Young Man
Andrew's Father
Richard III
Malign Set
Clinical Quality Assurance
Emotional Deficits
Fantastical Thoughts
Primitive Anxieties
Janet's Feelings
Psychological Assessment
Unpalatable Truths
Valerie Sinason
Clinical Audit Projects
Patient's Handicap
Bell Adjustment Inventory
Music Therapy
Learning Disabled Patients
Pop Star
Wider Issues
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Summary:In this chapter I consider some of the internal and external factors that inhibit and restrict the development of a thinking mind that is able to apprehend internal and external reality. I focus primarily on intellectual restrictions, which seem to arise not as a direct result of organic damage, but due to emotional deficits. The impetus to explore this area came from the clinically painful experience of the disturbance caused to some learning-disabled patients by the process of individual psychotherapy and the potential of close contact with someone wishing to understand them. What became apparent to me in the clinical setting was that the experience of being understood, and through that gaining some understanding themselves, proved too much for some patients.
ISBN:1855759640
0367107384
9780367107383
9781855759640
DOI:10.4324/9780429484582-9