Care of the Self as a Practice of Resistance in Mental Health
when it comes to mental health, the medicalization of our everyday lives can diminish the autonomy that we hold over our health and care. Considering medicalization as an artefact through which power is exerted via biopolitics it is, however, possible to establish practices of resistance against it....
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| author | Magdalena Correa Blázquez Cayetano José Aranda Torres Baltasar Fernández Ramírez |
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| description | when it comes to mental health, the medicalization of our everyday lives can diminish the autonomy that we hold over our health and care. Considering medicalization as an artefact through which power is exerted via biopolitics it is, however, possible to establish practices of resistance against it. Taking as starting point the testimonies of nine participants considered to be mentally ill, we reflect the relationship between subject and health-care system established through the care of the self as a practice of resistance when it comes to mental health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-776e15f07d8342ae843ff84183c362e92022-12-21T20:06:24ZengUniversidad Industrial de SantanderRevista Filosofía UIS1692-24842145-85292021-11-0121110.18273/revfil.v21n1-2022007Care of the Self as a Practice of Resistance in Mental HealthMagdalena Correa Blázquez0Cayetano José Aranda Torres1Baltasar Fernández Ramírez2Universidad de Almería, EspañaUniversidad de Almería, EspañaUniversidad de Almería, Españawhen it comes to mental health, the medicalization of our everyday lives can diminish the autonomy that we hold over our health and care. Considering medicalization as an artefact through which power is exerted via biopolitics it is, however, possible to establish practices of resistance against it. Taking as starting point the testimonies of nine participants considered to be mentally ill, we reflect the relationship between subject and health-care system established through the care of the self as a practice of resistance when it comes to mental health.https://revistas.uis.edu.co/index.php/revistafilosofiauis/article/view/11996care of the selfautonomymental healthcritical discourse analysislife story interview |
| spellingShingle | Magdalena Correa Blázquez Cayetano José Aranda Torres Baltasar Fernández Ramírez Care of the Self as a Practice of Resistance in Mental Health Revista Filosofía UIS care of the self autonomy mental health critical discourse analysis life story interview |
| title | Care of the Self as a Practice of Resistance in Mental Health |
| title_full | Care of the Self as a Practice of Resistance in Mental Health |
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| title_short | Care of the Self as a Practice of Resistance in Mental Health |
| title_sort | care of the self as a practice of resistance in mental health |
| topic | care of the self autonomy mental health critical discourse analysis life story interview |
| url | https://revistas.uis.edu.co/index.php/revistafilosofiauis/article/view/11996 |
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