Asylum in the Community
Asylum in the Community

Author: John Carrier

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 113484199X

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Based on an empirical examination of psychiatric care both past and present,Asylum in the Community clearly defines the concept of asylum and shows how it can be provided effectively outside the hospital. Drawing on work in the USA, Belgium, Spain, Ireland and England, contributors analyse such services from both user and provider perspectives. From these analyses the editors establish the key elements that should be considered in developing contemporary community services for the mentally ill. Asylum in the Community provides a balanced assessment of a controversial, topical issue for managers and providers of mental health services and those teaching or training in the mental health sciences.

Madness and Social Change
Madness and Social Change

Author: Paulo Amarante

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-09-06

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 3031133757

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In this book, the history of the Brazilian Psychiatric Reform is told by one of its main protagonists. In the early 1980s, there were about 80 thousand people admitted to psychiatric hospitals in Brazil, with average lengths of hospital stay of approximately 25 years. The psychiatric reform process that took place in the country was responsible for closing more than 60 thousand beds in mental asylums, most of them characterized by conditions of violence and abandonment. The Brazilian Psychiatric Reform was inspired by the psychosocial care model introduced by psychiatrist Franco Basaglia in Italy and was marked by the broad participation of social movements, such as the anti-asylum movement and other human rights movements. This process gave rise to a model of mental health care based on open-door territorial mental health services, guided by the principle of treatment in liberty, in addition to other strategies of deinstitutionalization. More than a proposal to restructure or modernize the mental health care model, the objective of the Brazilian Psychiatric Reform was the construction of a new social place for the diverse and singular subjective experience of madness. By intending to produce new imaginaries, new social representations and new meanings for these experiences, the Brazilian Psychiatric Reform led to one of the larger experiences of deinstitutionalization in the world and to the large scale implementation of a new model of mental health care in which the old asylum-centric paradigm was replaced by a new democratic psychosocial care model.

Basaglia's International Legacy
Basaglia's International Legacy

Author: Tom Burns

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 0198841019

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Basaglia's International Legacy: From Asylum to Community provides an overview of current thinking and the international influence of Franco Basaglia. Examining his influence in Italy and beyond, this book finds lessons in Basaglia's work which can be applied to contemporary international mental health services.

Learning from Madness
Learning from Madness

Author: Kaira M. Cabañas

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2018-09-21

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 022655631X

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Throughout the history of European modernism, philosophers and artists have been fascinated by madness. Something different happened in Brazil, however, with the “art of the insane” that flourished within the modernist movements there. From the 1920s to the 1960s, the direction and creation of art by the mentally ill was actively encouraged by prominent figures in both medicine and art criticism, which led to a much wider appreciation among the curators of major institutions of modern art in Brazil, where pieces are included in important exhibitions and collections. Kaira M. Cabañas shows that at the center of this advocacy stood such significant proponents as psychiatrists Osório César and Nise da Silveira, who championed treatments that included painting and drawing studios; and the art critic Mário Pedrosa, who penned Gestaltist theses on aesthetic response. Cabañas examines the lasting influence of this unique era of Brazilian modernism, and how the afterlife of this “outsider art” continues to raise important questions. How do we respect the experiences of the mad as their work is viewed through the lens of global art? Why is this art reappearing now that definitions of global contemporary art are being contested? Learning from Madness offers an invigorating series of case studies that track the parallels between psychiatric patients’ work in Western Europe and its reception by influential artists there, to an analogous but altogether distinct situation in Brazil.

Substance Use, Public Policy and Harm Reduction
Substance Use, Public Policy and Harm Reduction

Author: Richard Alecsander Reichert

Publisher: Ethics International Press

Published: 2024-07-14

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 1804417327

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This book offers an in-depth examination of the historical, political, and socio-cultural dimensions of psychoactive substance use, particularly within the Brazilian context. It provides a detailed analysis of the evolution of policies and approaches towards prohibitionism and criminalization, emphasizing their impact on marginalized and socially stigmatized groups. Through a comparative lens, it explores alternative regulatory models, exemplified by Uruguay's Cannabis legalization trajectory. Additionally, the work critically examines the complex interplay between gender, media representations, and illicit drug trafficking, shedding light on the intricate dynamics involved. Central to its discourse are preventive strategies and harm reduction interventions, which underscore the pivotal role of education, neuroscience, and community-based approaches in addressing substance use among adolescents. Drawing from diverse disciplinary perspectives, including neuroscience, psychology, and public health, the book offers a comprehensive understanding of substance use and dependence. By synthesizing research findings and evidence-based practices, it serves as a valuable resource for policymakers, healthcare professionals, educators, and researchers engaged in addiction studies, mental health, and public policy formulation.

Occupying Disability: Critical Approaches to Community, Justice, and Decolonizing Disability
Occupying Disability: Critical Approaches to Community, Justice, and Decolonizing Disability

Author: Pamela Block

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-09-03

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9401799849

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This book explores the concept of "occupation" in disability well beyond traditional clinical formulations of disability: it considers disability not in terms of pathology or impairment, but as a range of unique social identities and experiences that are shaped by visible or invisible diagnoses/impairments, socio-cultural perceptions and environmental barriers and offers innovative ideas on how to apply theoretical training to real world contexts. Inspired by disability justice and “Disability Occupy Wall Street / Decolonize Disability” movements in the US and related movements abroad, this book builds on politically engaged critical approaches to disability that intersect occupational therapy, disability studies and anthropology. "Occupying Disability" will provide a discursive space where the concepts of disability, culture and occupation meet critical theory, activism and the creative arts. The concept of “occupation” is intentionally a moving target in this book. Some chapters discuss occupying spaces as a form of protest or alternatively, protesting against territorial occupations. Others present occupations as framed or problematized within the fields of occupational therapy and occupational science and anthropology as engagement in meaningful activities. The contributing authors come from a variety of professional, academic and activist backgrounds to include perspectives from theory, practice and experiences of disability. Emergent themes include: all the permutations of the concept of "occupy," disability justice/decolonization, marginalization and minoritization, technology, struggle, creativity and change. This book will engage clinicians, social scientists, activists and artists in dialogues about disability as a theoretical construct and lived experience.