Harper D J
Psychology Service, Whiston Hospital, Prescot, Merseyside, UK.
Br J Med Psychol. 1994 Jun;67(2):131-43. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1994.tb01779.x.
This study examined the ways in which five mental health professionals talked about paranoia. A discourse analysis (Potter & Wetherell, 1987) suggested that interviewees positioned themselves, and were themselves positioned, by a number of discourses, or systematic ways of talking, in relation to this topic. These discourses appeared to serve a number of functions including the maintenance of professional legitimacy. Interviewees used a number of rhetorical strategies (including exploiting the range and ambiguity of diagnostic definitions, criteria and theories) in order to meet challenges, for example that paranoid beliefs might be true.
本研究考察了五位心理健康专业人士谈论偏执狂的方式。一项话语分析（波特和韦瑟雷尔，1987）表明，受访者通过一些话语或系统的谈话方式，在与该主题相关的方面定位自己，同时也被他人定位。这些话语似乎发挥了多种功能，包括维护专业合法性。受访者使用了多种修辞策略（包括利用诊断定义、标准和理论的范围及模糊性）来应对挑战，比如偏执信念可能是真实的这种观点。
