The social constructions and experiences of madness /

Over the course of the centuries the meanings around mental illness have shifted many times according to societal beliefs and the political atmosphere of the day. The way madness is defined has far reaching effects on those who have a mental disorder, and determines how they are treated by the profe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Santos, Monika Maria Lucia Freitas dos (Editor ), Pelletier, Jean-François (Professor of psychiatry) (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Koninklijke Brill NV, [2018]
Colección:At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 96.
Temas:
Mental illness > Public opinion.
Mental illness > Social aspects.
Mental illness > Political aspects.
Mental illness > Cross-cultural studies.
Social constructionism.
Mental illness.
Cross-cultural studies.
Mentally ill women.
Mental Disorders
Mentally Ill Persons
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Social Theory
Maladies mentales > Opinion publique.
Maladies mentales > Aspect social.
Maladies mentales > Aspect politique.
Maladies mentales > Études transculturelles.
Constructivisme (Sociologie)
Maladies mentales.
Études transculturelles.
Femmes vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale.
mental disorders.
mentally ill.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Cross-cultural studies
Mental illness
Mental illness > Public opinion
Mental illness > Social aspects
Social constructionism
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; The Social Constructions and Experiences of Madness; Copyright; Table of Contents; Introduction: Whose Lived Experience Is It Anyway?; Madness: A Revolutionary Rear-Guard; 'You can't label it and there's no umbrella': The Consumer Movement and the Social Construction of Mental Illness; Psychology's Madness: Solipsistic Denial of Relational Dependency; Has Autism Changed?; Creativity and 'Madness': Myths, Constructions and Realities; The Lived Experience of Mental Health Issues as a Constructive Asset for Redefining and Measuring Citizenship: A Social Enterprise

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