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Psychiatrization, assertions of epistemic justice, and the question of agency
Thus far, the concept of epistemic injustice in the context of psychiatry has been discussed more widely by clinical academics than by authors with personal experience of psychiatrization. It is from the latter perspective that I critique the practice of attributing testimonial injustice solely to t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9947832/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36844880 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2023.1092298 |
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description | Thus far, the concept of epistemic injustice in the context of psychiatry has been discussed more widely by clinical academics than by authors with personal experience of psychiatrization. It is from the latter perspective that I critique the practice of attributing testimonial injustice solely to the “stigma against mental illness”, and point to psychiatric diagnosing itself as a principal enabler and re-producer of this form of injustice. In relation to hermeneutical justice, I take a closer look at initiatives seeking to incorporate (collective) first-person knowledge into the epistemic systems that currently dominate mental-health service provision and research. Highlighting the incompatibility of psychiatric knowledge claims with first-person ways of knowing, I discuss some of the issues and challenges involved in achieving epistemic justice for psychiatrized people and advancing our collective knowledge base. Finally, I turn to the questions of identity and agency in these processes. |
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spelling | pubmed-99478322023-02-24 Psychiatrization, assertions of epistemic justice, and the question of agency Russo, Jasna Front Sociol Sociology Thus far, the concept of epistemic injustice in the context of psychiatry has been discussed more widely by clinical academics than by authors with personal experience of psychiatrization. It is from the latter perspective that I critique the practice of attributing testimonial injustice solely to the “stigma against mental illness”, and point to psychiatric diagnosing itself as a principal enabler and re-producer of this form of injustice. In relation to hermeneutical justice, I take a closer look at initiatives seeking to incorporate (collective) first-person knowledge into the epistemic systems that currently dominate mental-health service provision and research. Highlighting the incompatibility of psychiatric knowledge claims with first-person ways of knowing, I discuss some of the issues and challenges involved in achieving epistemic justice for psychiatrized people and advancing our collective knowledge base. Finally, I turn to the questions of identity and agency in these processes. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9947832/ /pubmed/36844880 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2023.1092298 Text en Copyright © 2023 Russo. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Sociology Russo, Jasna Psychiatrization, assertions of epistemic justice, and the question of agency |
title | Psychiatrization, assertions of epistemic justice, and the question of agency |
title_full | Psychiatrization, assertions of epistemic justice, and the question of agency |
title_fullStr | Psychiatrization, assertions of epistemic justice, and the question of agency |
title_full_unstemmed | Psychiatrization, assertions of epistemic justice, and the question of agency |
title_short | Psychiatrization, assertions of epistemic justice, and the question of agency |
title_sort | psychiatrization, assertions of epistemic justice, and the question of agency |
topic | Sociology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9947832/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36844880 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2023.1092298 |
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