I Don’t Wanna Die: Punk Rock Music and Culture as Critical Social Work Practice
Punk is a music genre and counter-culture that has provided community and empowerment to generations of traumatized youth. This article is a case study on the use of punk rock counterculture through the expression of music as a critical social work practice within a psychiatric outpatient clinic....
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University of Windsor
2023-01-01
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Punk is a music genre and counter-culture that has provided community and empowerment to
generations of traumatized youth. This article is a case study on the use of punk rock counterculture through the expression of music as a critical social work practice within a psychiatric
outpatient clinic. The clinic, Lane County Behavioral Health, was founded during the
deinstitutionalization era of psychiatric care for the treatment of “severe and persistent mental
illness.” The article describes the formation of the group, the shared personal and cultural history
of the therapist with group members, and the critical engagement with psychiatric violence
generated through the composition of punk music. In this, the process of composition and the
lyrical content of four songs are provided. Each of these four songs demonstrate a connection of
the personal experiences of psychiatric violence to a political protest against psychiatric
violence. While the article focuses on the experience of punks in the psychiatric clinic, the
implementation of relationality and personal-political experience are applicable beyond the punk
counter-culture. The article concludes with discussion elaborating ways in which a relational
analytic group can be implemented within tight knit counter-cultural communities.
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| spelling | doaj.art-2d852457354543a4a103fe28315683d52023-02-02T18:55:22ZengUniversity of WindsorCritical Social Work1543-93722023-01-0124110.22329/csw.v24i1.7854I Don’t Wanna Die: Punk Rock Music and Culture as Critical Social Work PracticePaddy Farr0Lane County Behavioral Health Punk is a music genre and counter-culture that has provided community and empowerment to generations of traumatized youth. This article is a case study on the use of punk rock counterculture through the expression of music as a critical social work practice within a psychiatric outpatient clinic. The clinic, Lane County Behavioral Health, was founded during the deinstitutionalization era of psychiatric care for the treatment of “severe and persistent mental illness.” The article describes the formation of the group, the shared personal and cultural history of the therapist with group members, and the critical engagement with psychiatric violence generated through the composition of punk music. In this, the process of composition and the lyrical content of four songs are provided. Each of these four songs demonstrate a connection of the personal experiences of psychiatric violence to a political protest against psychiatric violence. While the article focuses on the experience of punks in the psychiatric clinic, the implementation of relationality and personal-political experience are applicable beyond the punk counter-culture. The article concludes with discussion elaborating ways in which a relational analytic group can be implemented within tight knit counter-cultural communities. https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/index.php/csw/article/view/7854Punk MusicRelational PsychoanalysisCritical Social WorkCritical PsychologyAnti-Psychology |
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| title | I Don’t Wanna Die: Punk Rock Music and Culture as Critical Social Work Practice |
| title_full | I Don’t Wanna Die: Punk Rock Music and Culture as Critical Social Work Practice |
| title_fullStr | I Don’t Wanna Die: Punk Rock Music and Culture as Critical Social Work Practice |
| title_full_unstemmed | I Don’t Wanna Die: Punk Rock Music and Culture as Critical Social Work Practice |
| title_short | I Don’t Wanna Die: Punk Rock Music and Culture as Critical Social Work Practice |
| title_sort | i don t wanna die punk rock music and culture as critical social work practice |
| topic | Punk Music Relational Psychoanalysis Critical Social Work Critical Psychology Anti-Psychology |
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