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The Quiet Crisis in Mental Health: The Medicalization and Deskilling of Psychotherapy

Mad in America

In reality, however, many of these so-called disorders reflect cultural and socio-political constructions of suffering, particularly specific to the United States. Show 1 footnote While I do not necessarily agree with constructs like mental illness or serious mental illness, I use these terms for clarity and accessibility.

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New homeless housing facility under construction in Santa Barbara

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Construction is well underway on a new five-story building in downtown Santa Barbara that will house Sanctuary Centers’ newest development. READ MORE The post New homeless housing facility under construction in Santa Barbara appeared first on Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara. The $30 million project at 115 W. Anapamu St.

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Construction Set to Begin on Downtown Mental-Health and Housing Development

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An innovative mixed-use project that will bring 34 units of affordable housing along with on-site health-care services to downtown Santa Barbara is set to begin construction after several years in the planning stages.

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The Fallacy of Modern Psychiatry: Treating Symptoms, Ignoring Causes

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But these patternsseen as symptomsare shaped by systems and constructs psychiatry rarely questions. This expectation is not rooted in nature but in societal constructs that prioritize conformity and productivity over individuality and healing. Psychiatry, rather than challenging these constructs, reinforces them.

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ADHD and “Weak Muscle Disorder”

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A ttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a construct codified by the American Psychiatric Association. The construct originally appeared as ADD in the 1980 edition of psychiatry’s diagnostic manual, and it was modified in the 1994 and 2013 editions. Does this construct have validity? My answer is no.

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The Moral World of Personality Disorder Assessment

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Conversation analysis highlights not only what is said but how it is said and how meanings are constructed collaboratively. The dissertation is mainly based on the conversation analysis method, which examines interaction turn-by-turn in great detail. I also applied a theory of frame analysis by the famous sociologist Erving Goffman.

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A Reflection on “Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance”

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They might point the way to helpful treatments but fundamentally they are heuristic constructs rather than definitive descriptions and understandings of clinical problems. The only way to mitigate this is to be very clear from the outset that psychiatric diagnoses are labels that are intended to serve certain purposes.