Humanizing Mental Illness: Enhancing Agency through Social Interaction by Abigai

Description: Humanizing Mental Illness by Abigail Gosselin 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 persons 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Abigail Gosselin is professor of philosophy at Regis University. Review "An important contribution to our understanding of mental illness and the significance of social connectedness for reintegrating people with mental illness into social life." H-Sci-Med-Tech Promotional How society can, and should, enhance the agency of people with mental illness and work against its socially isolating effects. Review Quote "Gosselin builds an account of social interaction that centres what is often marginalized - the contextual features and details of the lived experiences of people with mental illnesses. While there are a number of books published on psychiatric ethics, this is the first to argue that people have an obligation to adopt and enact epistemic and moral virtues in interactions with people experiencing mental illness. This is an important and timely book." Elizabeth Victor, William Paterson University Promotional "Headline" How society can, and should, enhance the agency of people with mental illness and work against its socially isolating effects. Details ISBN0228006791 Author Abigail Gosselin Short Title Humanizing Mental Illness Pages 328 Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 0228006791 ISBN-13 9780228006794 Format Paperback Publication Date 2021-08-15 UK Release Date 2021-08-15 Imprint McGill-Queens University Press Place of Publication Montreal Country of Publication Canada Publisher McGill-Queens University Press Subtitle Enhancing Agency through Social Interaction Alternative 9780228006787 DEWEY 362.2042 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159457775;

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