Post by ck4829 on Aug 23, 2022 8:39:56 GMT
The manufacture of madness? Why social construction in psychiatry is not as simple as it seems
This distinction between constructs that only exist through consensus and constructs that are created around real entities and processes, is drawn by the philosopher of science Ian Hacking who, in his book The Social Construction of What, explores the ways that childhood sexual abuse, mental illness and even rocks are ‘constructed’ in the latter sense of the word. Much of the debate about the reality of DSM constructs is tangled up in this distinction.
blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/discursive/guest-post-the-manufacture-of-madness-why-social-construction-in-psychiatry-is-not-as-simple-as-it-seems/
This distinction between constructs that only exist through consensus and constructs that are created around real entities and processes, is drawn by the philosopher of science Ian Hacking who, in his book The Social Construction of What, explores the ways that childhood sexual abuse, mental illness and even rocks are ‘constructed’ in the latter sense of the word. Much of the debate about the reality of DSM constructs is tangled up in this distinction.
blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/discursive/guest-post-the-manufacture-of-madness-why-social-construction-in-psychiatry-is-not-as-simple-as-it-seems/