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Binarism in Psychiatry and Its Discontents
Başlık:
Binarism in Psychiatry and Its Discontents
Yazar:
Benning, Tony B., author.
ISBN:
9780355991338
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Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 electronic resource (259 pages)
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-10(E), Section: B.
Advisors: Kundan Singh Committee members: Patrick Bracken; Glenn Hartelius.
Özet:
This dissertation identifies and problematizes a pervasive dichotomizing tendency within modern Western psychiatry, manifestations of which include binary configurations of such constructs as mind/body, normal/pathological, rational/nonrational, and subjective/objective. Each of those constructs tends to be paired with its dialectical opposite within a dualistic framework beholden to an either/or logic; however, an interrogation of those binaries from a critical psychiatric perspective reveals that they are epistemologically problematic and that they have---clinically and pragmatically---several unwanted corollaries. Those corollaries include an underappreciation of the somatic aspects of mental health by psychiatrists, perpetuation of stigma, psychiatry's inability to accommodate spiritual experiences or nonordinary states of consciousness into its conceptual purview, and relative lack of importance given to issues of subjectivity and lived experience. The dissertation discusses the significance of its research findings within the evolving critical psychiatric literature as well as wider context and concludes with a reflection on possible future research directions.
Notlar:
School code: 0392
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