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Madness in the time of war: post-war reflections on practice and research beyond the borders of psychiatry and development

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posted on 2023-06-09, 19:07 authored by Reima Ana MaglajlicReima Ana Maglajlic
This chapter explores the relationship between madness and political conflict through the lens of mad studies. The author uses autoethnography and border thinking to shape an analysis of their experiences of madness and political conflict, primarily in Bosnia and Herzegovina – a site relevant for such an exploration due to a unique commitment to community-based mental health services in this post-war country. The analysis highlights two related findings. First points to the enduring dominance of the medical model of distress in contexts affected by political conflicts. However, the author argues that development studies and practice have proven to be equally colonizing in relation to such experiences. Knowledge at the intersection of mad studies and political conflict, the author concludes, is yet to be developed.

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Publisher

Routledge

Page range

223-234

Pages

410.0

Book title

The Routledge international handbook of mad studies

Place of publication

Abingdon

ISBN

9781138611108

Series

Routledge International Handbooks

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  • Social Work and Social Care Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Editors

Peter Beresford, Jasna Russo

Legacy Posted Date

2019-09-30

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2023-05-06

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2019-09-23

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