SUBJECT
Title
Theoretical Basis of Addiction Psychology: Addictions from the Narrative Psychology Perspective
Code
DPSY16-ADD-101:2
Type of instruction
practice
Level
Doctoral
Part of degree program
Credits
7
Recommended in
Semester 1-4
Typically offered in
Autumn/Spring semester
Course description
Illness (addictions) and recovery narratives: the process of narrative identity’s changes, the organization of non-addict identity and the importance of turning points in life story. The narrative approach of risk based on accounts of drugs users: narrative representations of risk taking and risk exposure. The process of therapy: narratives of drugs users and of professionals; similarities and differences; strategies and tactics: the rules of the „game of truth” (Ning, 2005). Processing of the current narrative psychology and addictions literature.
Readings
- Frank, A. W. (1995). The Wounded Storyteller: Body, illness, and ethics. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
- Jensen, G. H. (2000). Storytelling in Alcoholics Anonymous. A rhetorical analysis. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale and Edwardsville.
- McIntosh, J., McKeganey, N. (2000). Addicts’ Narratives of Recovery from Drug Use. Social Science & Medicine, 50(10), 1501-1510.
- Ning, A. M. (2005). Games of Truth: Rethinking Conformity and Resistance in Narratives of Heroin Recovery. Medical Anthropology, 24, 349–382.
- Willig C and Stainton-Rogers W (eds.)(2013): The Sage handbook of qualitative research in psychology, Sage, London.