HLTA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Reductionism, Psych, Paternalism
14 Dec 2017
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Takes into account holistic indegious view of health: spirtual, shamans. Familys problem: certain his soul is too far from his body. No joy in practices he prides in being a shaman. Vague theomatic complaints complaints about his body, no source. Western conceptualization : depression: term was not used in the film, only described as sadness. Treatment in western psych: mindfulness, coping mechanism, anti-depressants, technical reductionist solutions , excercise. What does paja thaos family do for treatment: Interventions things he, family and community believe he needs. Scene : realizes that his soul is separate: somatic trance, children were watching mortal combat. Many scenes were they are doing spirtualistc things but children are doing western thing halloween candy, coke cans, tv. Relationship between people and social structures/society: agency (action + interpretation)/structure (features of the social world). Problematizes everyday living: taken-for-granted assumptions, common sense understandings, and so- called obvious explanations of human behaviour, health and disease.
