Add to ORKGPopular misconceptions about the danger of madness have undermined mentally ill people’s struggle for social inclusion. Consequently, efforts to think through how we might belong together must take account of mental patients’ right to a public voice. However, the article takes issue with an excessively cognitive and rationalistic conception of the public citizen. It suggests, instead, that ‘alternative’ forums can be constructed which counters the dominant cultural image of the “mad, crazy, nutter”. It concludes by discussing one innovative TV series (Video Diaries) in which ‘mentally ill’ participants’ reveal their capacity to speak for themselves
At a time when different groups in society are achieving notable gains in respect and rights, activi...
Mental illness historically has had a stigma surrounding it. For years that was my understanding of ...
Abstract Introduction Those in mental health-related consumer movements have made clear their demand...
This thesis uses Habermas' arguments concerning the public sphere and Nancy Fraser's concept of coun...
This article explores continuities between traditional iconographies of madness and images of mental...
This article explores continuities between traditional iconographies of madness and images of mental...
The thesis is organised around an empirical investigation of the relationship between residents of ...
ABSTRACT In Western culture, “hearing voices” is often considered a symptom of mental illness. Aft...
This research interrogated the potential of voice in digital media for people living with mental ill...
The omnipresent psychiatric narrative of mental illness has always had its counter-narrative – the l...
Throughout Europe people are detained in psychiatric hospitals because they hear voices. Kraepelinia...
Experiences of “hearing voices” nowadays usually count as verbal hallucinations and they...
Under the umbrella of Social Identity Theory and Goffman’s notion of stigma, this paper reviews rese...
At a time when different groups in society are achieving notable gains in respect and rights, activi...
At a time when different groups in society are achieving notable gains in respect and rights, activi...
At a time when different groups in society are achieving notable gains in respect and rights, activi...
Mental illness historically has had a stigma surrounding it. For years that was my understanding of ...
Abstract Introduction Those in mental health-related consumer movements have made clear their demand...
This thesis uses Habermas' arguments concerning the public sphere and Nancy Fraser's concept of coun...
This article explores continuities between traditional iconographies of madness and images of mental...
This article explores continuities between traditional iconographies of madness and images of mental...
The thesis is organised around an empirical investigation of the relationship between residents of ...
ABSTRACT In Western culture, “hearing voices” is often considered a symptom of mental illness. Aft...
This research interrogated the potential of voice in digital media for people living with mental ill...
The omnipresent psychiatric narrative of mental illness has always had its counter-narrative – the l...
Throughout Europe people are detained in psychiatric hospitals because they hear voices. Kraepelinia...
Experiences of “hearing voices” nowadays usually count as verbal hallucinations and they...
Under the umbrella of Social Identity Theory and Goffman’s notion of stigma, this paper reviews rese...
At a time when different groups in society are achieving notable gains in respect and rights, activi...
At a time when different groups in society are achieving notable gains in respect and rights, activi...
At a time when different groups in society are achieving notable gains in respect and rights, activi...
Mental illness historically has had a stigma surrounding it. For years that was my understanding of ...
Abstract Introduction Those in mental health-related consumer movements have made clear their demand...