HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: California Citizens Redistricting Commission, Deinstitutionalisation, Psychopathy
13 Sep 2020
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People would go into the exhibit, reading things that weren"t true: delegitimizes vital critics of mental problems. Impacts made coercive confinement and treatment more difficult . For mental illness, lacking a physical manifestation, representations are crucial. Representations inform what it is, what its nature is. People project upon mental illness their desires, fears, worries, hopes, etc Gilman: representations of mental illness work by juxtaposing the. Media central in construction of difference representations help to create boundaries between who"s healthy and who"s ill why. Fools those who are mentally ill lack intelligence and awareness . Mad genius unpredictable: media reinforces particular, oversimplified concepts. Stories relate to specific and relatively rare circumstances, but audience draw generalized inferences > bipolar people are like x . Individuals" actions are reduced to consequences of illness (ex . After 10 cups of coffee, his manic symptoms returned )
