Autor/Autorin: Sinisi Vincenzo
Vincenzo Sinisi is a clinical psychologist in private practice,nCape Town, South Africa. He provides long-term psychotherapy tonadults and adolescents battling addictions, mood disorders andnpersonality disorders. www.VincenzoSinisi.co.za
This book presents an original study into theworkings of heroin addiction. The study analysed howusing and non-using informants constituted addictionthrough language. By comparing the accounts ofself-defined recovered, recovering and currentlyaddicted users, the study highlighted how theinformant´s accounts of heroin use may haveimplications with respect to either perpetuating orenabling their recovery from addiction. Thetranillegalscripts of four focus groups were qualitativelyanalysed using a thematic method that focused on theinformants´ strategic use of language. This revealedimportant differences between using and non-usinginformants in terms of the self-employed discursivepractices that they used in constructing theirexperience of addiction. Many heroin users that haveread this study were excited to recognise theirbehaviour in it and agreed that it captured anelement of their experience that they have not seenin print before. This quality can deepen the readersunderstanding of what it really means to be addicted,how users justify continuing use, and how some areable to recover.
This book presents an original study into the
workings of heroin addiction. The study analysed how
using and non-using informants constituted addiction
through language. By comparing the accounts of
self-defined recovered, recovering and currently
addicted users, the study highlighted how the
informant s accounts of heroin use may have
implications with respect to either perpetuating or
enabling their recovery from addiction. The
tranillegalscripts of four focus groups were qualitatively
analysed using a thematic method that focused on the
informants strategic use of language. This revealed
important differences between using and non-using
informants in terms of the self-employed discursive
practices that they used in constructing their
experience of addiction. Many heroin users that have
read this study were excited to recognise their
behaviour in it and agreed that it captured an
element of their experience that they have not seen
in print before. This quality can deepen the readers
understanding of what it really means to be addicted,
how users justify continuing use, and how some are
able to recover.
Vincenzo Sinisi is a clinical psychologist in private practice,
Cape Town, South Africa. He provides long-term psychotherapy to
adults and adolescents battling addictions, mood disorders and
personality disorders. www.VincenzoSinisi.co.za
Über den Autor
Vincenzo Sinisi is a clinical psychologist in private practice,Cape Town, South Africa. He provides long-term psychotherapy toadults and adolescents battling addictions, mood disorders andpersonality disorders. www.VincenzoSinisi.co.za
