Epistemic Justice in Mental Healthcare
eBook - ePub

Epistemic Justice in Mental Healthcare

Recognising Agency and Promoting Virtues Across the Life Span

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eBook - ePub

Epistemic Justice in Mental Healthcare

Recognising Agency and Promoting Virtues Across the Life Span

About this book

This open access book explores epistemic justice in mental healthcare, bringing together perspectives from psychologists, psychiatrists, philosophers, activists, and lived experience researchers. Through eight chapters, authors identify threats to the agency of people who hear voices, experience depression, have psychotic symptoms, live with dementia, are diagnosed with personality disorders, and face serious mental health issues while receiving palliative care. Considering the power asymmetries in clinical interactions, where patients are vulnerable and healthcare professionals are uniquely placed to offer support, this book reaffirms the importance of recognizing patients as agents and collaborators. Topics covered include trust in the therapeutic relationship, dignity at the end of life, the social dimension of health, stigma in an acute ward, the harm caused by biases and stereotypes, the role of clinical communication, and the promise of digital health. Students, academic researchers, practitioners, as well as mental health charities will benefit from this timely collection.

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Information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9783031688805
eBook ISBN
9783031688812
Edition
0
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Ethics in Medicine
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Front Matter
  3. 1.Ā Being Understood: Epistemic Injustice Towards Young People Seeking Support for Their Mental Health
  4. 2.Ā Challenging Stereotypes About Young People Who Hear Voices
  5. 3.Ā Reacting to Demoralization and Investigating the Experience of Dignity in Psychosis: Reflections from an Acute Psychiatric Ward
  6. 4.Ā Not All Psychiatric Diagnoses are Created Equal: Comparing Depression and Borderline Personality Disorders
  7. 5.Ā Resisting Perceptions of Patient Untrustworthiness
  8. 6.Ā Preserving Dignity and Epistemic Justice in Palliative Care for Patients with Serious Mental Health Problems
  9. 7.Ā Promoting Good Living and Social Health in Dementia
  10. 8.Ā Ameliorating Epistemic Injustice with Digital Health Technologies
  11. Back Matter