Power dynamics and mental health: Neurofuturist discourse of mental health - Emergent Divergence

When we consider power dynamics, we often consider our external environment and how power flows through the various parts of society, and where privilege is afforded by that power. While discussion of intersectionality and power dynamics is important when considering where discourse comes from and how it affects groups of people, we often don't think

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Mental health and the diagnostic process: A neurofuturist perspective - Emergent Divergence

As I discussed in my recent article about co-occurring conditions, the diagnostic process in psychiatry is inherently flawed on the basis that we have failed to find any meaningful relationship between the so-called "symptoms" of psychiatric conditions, and physical biomarkers which can be measured. Despite this lack of physiological cause, we are still diagnosing people

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Fonte: John Read & David. J. Harper (2020) The Power Threat Meaning Framework: Addressing Adversity, Challenging Prejudice and Stigma, and Transforming Services, Journal of Constructivist Psychology, DOI: 10.1080/10720537.2020.1773356

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