Symbolism of community I: the boundary between hospital and community

The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
Robert J Barrett, Damon B Parker

Abstract

To study the symbolism of community as understood and practised in a mental health Crisis and Assessment Service in an Australian city. The paper draws on anthropological theories of symbolism and boundary work. Ethnographic fieldwork techniques were employed for data collection. Ethnographic analysis was then applied to these data. In mental health practice, community is primarily defined in contradistinction to hospital. Narratives about community, including an orthodox version and a sceptical counter-narrative, revolve around this community-hospital boundary. This analysis identifies a key symbol, which we have designated community, and enumerates the social values that comprise it.

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