TY  - GEN
T1  - Humanizing mental illness : enhancing agency through social interaction
A1  - Gosselin, Abigail, 1977-
LA  - English
PP  - Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago
PB  - McGill-Queen's University Press
YR  - 2021
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1244177213
AB  - "Mental illness stigma is rooted in a perceived lack of agency, but stigma itself undermines agency. While most philosophical accounts of the matter are concerned with the question of how much agency a person with mental illness has, this book asks how we can enhance the agency of people with mental illness. Humanizing Mental Illness explains and explores these connections, arguing that all of us can and should adjust our social practices to enhance the agency of people with mental illness. This agency is complicated and nuanced, as it is often directly constrained due to a person's symptoms and indirectly constrained due to stigma. Abigail Gosselin, both a scholar in the field of social philosophy and a person with a psychiatric disability, illustrates the importance of social interaction for developing and exercising agency. By overcoming mental illness stigma and by adopting certain epistemic and moral virtues, we can interact with people who have mental illness in ways that help enhance their agency and enable them to flourish. Humanizing Mental Illness demonstrates that we need to challenge our explicit and implicit biases and learn to interact with mental illness in more intentional, supportive, and inclusive ways."--
OP  - 302
CN  - RC455 .G67 2021eb
SN  - 9780228007340
SN  - 0228007348
SN  - 9780228007357
SN  - 0228007356
SN  - 9780228006787
SN  - 0228006783
SN  - 9780228006794
SN  - 0228006791
KW  - Mental illness : Social aspects.
KW  - Mental illness : Public opinion.
KW  - Mentally ill : Social conditions.
KW  - Mentally ill : Public opinion.
KW  - Stigma (Social psychology)
KW  - Agent (Philosophy)
KW  - Social integration.
KW  - Stereotypes (Social psychology)
KW  - Social Stigma
KW  - Social Integration
KW  - Mental Disorders : psychology
KW  - Stereotyping
KW  - Maladies mentales : Aspect social.
KW  - Maladies mentales : Opinion publique.
KW  - Personnes vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale : Opinion publique.
KW  - Stigmatisation (Psychologie sociale)
KW  - Intégration sociale.
KW  - Stéréotypes.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities.
KW  - Social integration
KW  - Mental illness : Public opinion
KW  - Mental illness : Social aspects
KW  - Mentally ill : Public opinion
KW  - Mentally ill : Social conditions
ER  -