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Controversies in Psychiatric Services in Hong Kong: Social Workers’ Superiority and Inferiority Complexes

Department of Applied Social Studies, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong ssksyip{at}polyu.ed.hk

The article reveals the results of research done by means of interviews of 63 social workers in psychiatric services in Hong Kong. The ways that social workers defined, perceived and performed psychotherapy for people with mental illness were explored. The findings showed that because of the deprofessionalized context, social workers in these psychiatric services had either superiority or inferiority complexes about providing psychotherapy.

International Social Work, Vol. 47, No. 2, 240-258 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0020872804039365


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