Dear Tipsters,
> I have heard the term "communicative ambivalence" kicked around
> as one aspect of the diathesis stress factor in the non-biological
> etiology of schizophrenia.
>
> Michael Sylvester,PhD
> Daytona Beach,Florida
Response
If this is the double-bind hypothesis it has not stood up well to research
scrutiny. For example, see below.
Sincerely,
Stuart
Database PsycINFO
Title Gregory Bateson (1904-1980): a reappraisal
Author Stagoll, Brian
Source Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. Vol 39(11-12), Nov
2005, pp. 1036-1045
ISSN 0004-8674
Electronic ISSN 1440-1614
Descriptors *Psychiatry *Scientists
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Abstract Discusses the life and work of the scientist Gregory Bateson.
Bateson was born in Grantchester in 1904, into the intellectual aristocracy of
Edwardian England. Bateson, multiply described as a biologist, anthropologist,
cybernetic theorist and natural philosopher, remains an elusive but remarkable
figure. To some he was a great cross-disciplinary thinker who profoundly
affected their thinking about psychiatry, yet to others he was an obscure guru
whose books are now deservedly out of print. Bateson led a peripatetic life,
never settling into a discipline or a tenured position. His writing is often
dismissed as too abstract or mystical. His best known theory in psychiatry, the
Double Bind Theory of Schizophrenia [1], is now often regarded as unable to
establish any empirical base, a piece of junk science. Bateson died in 1980 at
the San Francisco Zen Centre, having spent his last years at the Esalen
Institute, California, as a 'scholar-in-residence'. (PsycINFO Database Record
(c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)
Email Address [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Contact Individual Stagoll, Brian, 579A Brunswick Street, North Fitzroy, VIC,
Australia, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Journal Volume 39
Journal Issue 11
Journal Pages 1036-1045
DOI 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2005.01723.x
Publisher United Kingdom: Blackwell Publishing
Language English
Publication Year 2005
Publication Type Journal; Peer Reviewed Journal; Original Journal Article
Format Availability Electronic; Print
Format Covered Electronic
Population Human; Male
Peer Reviewed Yes
Identifiers Gregory Bateson; double bind theory of schizophrenia; theoretical
scientist
Classification 2100 General Psychology
Number of References 50 reference(s) present, 50 reference(s) displayed
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Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D.,
Department of Psychology,
Bishop's University,
2600 College Street,
Sherbrooke,
Québec J1M 0C8,
Canada.
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone: (819)822-9600, Extension 2402
Fax: (819)822-9661
Bishop's Psychology Department Web Page:
http/:www.ubishops.ca/ccc/dev/soc/psy
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