HLTHAGE 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Online Community, Mental Disorder, Neurodiversity
11 Sep 2018
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Lecture 4: health and illness as socio-cultural constructions. Short answers on midterm: concept: practical, significance, how it works, why is it relevant. Homosexuality sin mental illness sexuality: a diagnoses of mental disorder that you can get, a regular form of sexuality, social circumstances define homosexuality in different ways. Psychiatrist pro-ana/ pro-mia"s lifestyle choices: define eating behaviour as a lifestyle choice, online community of people who don"t determine these things as a disease. Health and illness are not universal, permanent, natural and objective categories. They determine the difference between life and an illness. Health and illness are not stable and objective scientific categories. Cannot be agreed upon and no defined meaning. Change shape and the way its seen. They can be seen as moral categories normal, good, desirable. These categories (health and illness) are very real to individuals and their personal experience. How people perceive one"s gender race, will determine how they treat you.
