Models of Psychosis and the Limitations of Psychiatric Knowledge

dc.contributor.advisorRossiter, Amy
dc.contributor.authorRicker-Wilson, Maya
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-15T16:17:31Z
dc.date.available2017-02-15T16:17:31Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionSOWK 6100, Award Nominated Practice-based Research Paper, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, School of Social Work, York University, Year 2014
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, the medical discourse on the constructs of “psychosis” and “schizophrenia” is challenged by a literature review of contradictory evidence, alternative theories, phenomenological explorations of psychosis, and perspectives of people who have experienced psychosis. One purpose is to expose the violence that occurs in constructing madness as an illness and “treating” it through pharmacology, while another is to deconstruct the binary of “sane” versus “insane” by examining the social and existential factors that may contribute to the development of psychosis. Implications for social work practice are discussed.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/32822
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectpsychosisen_US
dc.subjectschizophreniaen_US
dc.subjectsane versus insaneen_US
dc.subjecttreating madness through pharmacologyen_US
dc.subjectsocial work practiceen_US
dc.titleModels of Psychosis and the Limitations of Psychiatric Knowledge
dc.typeGraduate research paper

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