Mental Patient Psychiatric Ethics from a Patient's Perspective

• Main Author: Gosselin, Abigail (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2022
• Series: Basic Bioethics
• Subjects: Doctor/patient relationship; Psychology; Medical ethics & professional conduct; Psychiatric ethics; mental illness; psychosis; mental patient; psychiatric disability; medicalization; medical model of psychiatric disability; agency; autonomy; therapeutic relationship; trust; coercive treatment; empathy; therapeutic alliance; credibility; epistemic justice; narrative; meaning-making; choice; responsibility
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A philosopher who has experienced psychosis argues that recovery requires regaining agency and autonomy within a therapeutic relationship based on mutual trust. In Mental Patient, philosopher Abigail Gosselin uses her personal experiences with psychosis and the process of recovery to explore often o...