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1. Rationale and Evidence for Peer Support 2. About language "People Who experience mood swings, fear, voices and visions" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2018 17:07:20 -0700 From: Sylvia Caras <[email protected]> Subject: Rationale and Evidence for Peer Support From: Howard http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/special-reports/revisiting-rationale-and-evidence-peer-support Powered by LSoft's LISTSERV(R) list management software ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 09:20:16 -0700 From: Sylvia Caras <[email protected]> Subject: About language "Indeed, research suggests that the embracing of biogenetic rather than social explanations of mental distress risks amplifying the very negative attitudes and discriminations which these campaigns ostensibly seek to eliminate." The researchers put forward an analysis of stigma as a "political apparatus that enables and entrenches existing structures and systems of power that, in turn, legitimize inequalities and injustices." https://www.madinamerica.com/2018/07/anti-stigma-campaigns-enable-inequality-sociologists-argue/ www.peoplewho.org ------------------------------ End of IRIS Digest - 12 Jul 2018 to 17 Jul 2018 (#2018-50) **********************************************************
