Tag: Philosophy of Psychiatry
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What is the Neurodiversity Paradigm? Explaining Kuhn’s Theory of Paradigms Through Autism Advocacy Pt 1: The Medical Paradigm
Difficulty Level: 3rd Year Undergraduate, Masters, PhD Introduction Society has experienced a significant shift in attitude towards Autism from Autism as a medical disorder to Autism as a part of the Neurodiversity Paradigm. Such attitudes have seen the abandonment of adverts that argue that Autism ‘kidnaps’ children to celebrities embracing…
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#FREEBRITNEY and the Philosophy of Psychiatry: What questions does it raise?
In 2008, after a series of public mental breakdowns, Britney Spears was placed into a conservatorship. This conservatorship prevented Spears from making any of her own decisions, from whether she could get married to how often she could see her children. Over a decade later, it has come to the…