This book revisits the theory of social systems as a defence against anxiety. It explores this theory as a generative paradigm, capable both of theoretical extension and of empirical application to different institutional settings.
Series Editors Preface -- Introduction: revisiting the paradigm --
Theoretical -- Obsessionalpunitive defences in care systems: Menzies Lyth
revisited -- Beyond identifying social defences: working through and
lessons from people whispering -- A psycho-social perspective on social
defences -- Social defences in the information age -- Defences against
innovation: the conservation of vagueness -- Reconceptualizing social
defences for the purpose of organizational change: causes, consequences, and
the contribution of cultural theory -- Health and nursing -- Reflections on
Isabel Menzies Lyth in the light of developments in nursing care -- Im
beyond caring: a response to the Francis Report -- Anxiety at the front line
-- A partnership of policing and health systems: containing the dynamics of
sexual violence -- Running the gauntlet of institutional defence: from the
prison gate to the hospital wing -- The private sector -- Extreme work
environments: beyond anxiety and social defence -- Corporate cultures and
inner conflicts -- Defences against anxiety in the law -- Social welfare and
education -- Spotlit: defences against anxiety in contemporary human service
organizations -- Still not good enough! Must try harder: an exploration of
social defences in schools -- Work discussion groups as a container for
sexual anxieties in schools -- Social defences in nurseries and the
contemporary value of the concept -- Projective identification and
unconscious defences against anxiety: social work education, practice
learning, and the fear of failure -- Unconscious defences against anxiety in
a Youth Offending Service
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