Psykiatrisering som kulturmönster - Ett utkast till sociokulturella studier av psykisk hälsa
Engelsk titel: Psychiatrization as a cultural pattern - A draft for sociocultural studies in mental health
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Författare:
Eriksson, Rikard
;
Ek, Hans
Email: roe@hiof.no
Språk: Nor
Antal referenser: 44
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 17030135
Sammanfattning
The starting point for this theoretical article is that the understanding of peoples’ existential suffering
and social difficulties and their mental health, are dominated too much by the language style of psychiatry.
The purpose of this article is to present some theoretical reasoning, epistemological aspects and
research issues that can be used for future socio-cultural studies on mental health. By analyzing psychiatry’s
internal logic and external points of contact, knowledge is created that can be used to find ways to
understand and help people with mental illness beyond psychiatry’s quick solutions with diagnoses and
medication. The new knowledge could open up the possibility that the understanding of peoples’ existential
suffering and social difficulties can be utilized in their everyday lives.