Care of the Self as a Practice of Resistance in Mental Health

when it comes to mental health, the medicalization of our everyday lives can diminish the autonomy that we hold over our health and care. Considering medicalization as an artefact through which power is exerted via biopolitics it is, however, possible to establish practices of resistance against it...

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Autores principales: Magdalena Correa Blázquez, Cayetano José Aranda Torres, Baltasar Fernández Ramírez
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:776e15f07d8342ae843ff84183c362e92021-11-30T15:15:01ZCare of the Self as a Practice of Resistance in Mental Health10.18273/revfil.v21n1-20220071692-24842145-8529https://doaj.org/article/776e15f07d8342ae843ff84183c362e92021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.uis.edu.co/index.php/revistafilosofiauis/article/view/11996https://doaj.org/toc/1692-2484https://doaj.org/toc/2145-8529 when it comes to mental health, the medicalization of our everyday lives can diminish the autonomy that we hold over our health and care. Considering medicalization as an artefact through which power is exerted via biopolitics it is, however, possible to establish practices of resistance against it. Taking as starting point the testimonies of nine participants considered to be mentally ill, we reflect the relationship between subject and health-care system established through the care of the self as a practice of resistance when it comes to mental health. Magdalena Correa BlázquezCayetano José Aranda TorresBaltasar Fernández RamírezUniversidad Industrial de Santanderarticlecare of the selfautonomymental healthcritical discourse analysislife story interviewPhilosophy (General)B1-5802ENESRevista Filosofía UIS, Vol 21, Iss 1 (2021)
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topic care of the self
autonomy
mental health
critical discourse analysis
life story interview
Philosophy (General)
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autonomy
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critical discourse analysis
life story interview
Philosophy (General)
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Magdalena Correa Blázquez
Cayetano José Aranda Torres
Baltasar Fernández Ramírez
Care of the Self as a Practice of Resistance in Mental Health
description when it comes to mental health, the medicalization of our everyday lives can diminish the autonomy that we hold over our health and care. Considering medicalization as an artefact through which power is exerted via biopolitics it is, however, possible to establish practices of resistance against it. Taking as starting point the testimonies of nine participants considered to be mentally ill, we reflect the relationship between subject and health-care system established through the care of the self as a practice of resistance when it comes to mental health.
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author Magdalena Correa Blázquez
Cayetano José Aranda Torres
Baltasar Fernández Ramírez
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title Care of the Self as a Practice of Resistance in Mental Health
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