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Le Médicament, SES Reliefs Et Ses Ombres Sur La Scène De La Clinique Transculturelle

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
20 Décembre 2007

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Les médicaments occupent une place croissante dans les pratiques en santé mentale, particulièrement dans le champ de la psychose. Toutefois, la valeur qui leur est associée sur la scène clinique est largement paradoxale, symbolique autant que fonctionnelle. Des entrevues avec des personnes de diverses cultures en début de psychose et avec des proches et des intervenants et intervenantes révèlent la place centrale des médicaments dans la négociation des significations et des pratiques: leur efficacité paradoxale, l'incertitude, leur fonction de passeur; la question des limites de l'espace clinique. La notion d'autonomie se voit mise au travail à chacun de ces niveaux.

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The place of medication in mental health practice is growing, particularly in regard to psychosis. However, its value in a clinical setting is largely paradoxical, and is as much symbolic as functional. The central position of medication in negotiating meanings and practices emerges from interviews with people from a variety of cultural backgrounds who had received a diagnosis of psychosis within the past 2 years, as well as with relatives and practitioners. The paradox of effectiveness, uncertainty and its functions, and the delineation of the clinical field are discussed. All these dynamics help give shape to the notion of autonomy.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 26Number 2September 2007
Pages: 37 - 51

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Ellen Corin
Centre de recherche de l'Hôpital Douglas, Départements d'anthropologie et de psychiatrie, Université McGill
Annie Gauthier
Centre de recherche de l'Hôpital Douglas
Cécile Rousseau
Département de psychiatrie, Université McGill

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