Caseness and Narrative: Contrasting Approaches to People Psychiatrically Labeled

       Caseness and Narrative contrasts two approaches to helping persons in emotional distress. The first, called Caseness, sees signs of distress primarily as symptoms without significant meaning and leads to a diagnosis that names the experience. Often, it is followed by powerful methods to minimize or stop symptom expression. A second approach is attentive to Narrative, allowing a person's sto...