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Communaute Et Sante Mentale A Singapour: Une Autre Vision Du «Communautaire»

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
April 1991

Abstract

This paper uncovers some dimensions of Singapore's mental health practices which, compared with western ones, indicate an alternative view on “community.” Singapore's culture is rich in community life based on larger systems of reference like language, religion, history, and tradition. This gives more salience to social dimensions often ignored or poorly taken into account by western specialists speaking about community approaches. The author puts forward the idea, through an analysis of interviews done with practitioners in the mental health field, that community redefined as it is in Singapore penetrates the institutions of mental health practice. Consequently, a community development model need not be limited to local and immediate community issues: It could also address more global community references systems, which create deep and lively cultural grounds for people's lives.

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L'objectif de ce texte est d'explorer quelques dimensions de la pratique en santé mentale à Singapour qui, par rapport aux pratiques occidentales, laissent entrevoir une autre vision du «communautaire». La présence á Singapour des grands ensembles sociaux communautaires fondés sur la langue, la religion, l'histoire, et la tradition met en relief des caractéristiques souvent ignorées ou peu analysées par les spécialistes occidentaux de l'approche communautaire. L'auteur développe l'hypothèse, en s'appuyant sur une série d'entrevues réalisées auprès d'intervenants en santé mentale, que la communauté ainsi redéfinie pénètre en quelque sorte à l'intérieur des institutions de la pratique en santé mentale. Ainsi, les approaches communautaires n'ont pas à se limiter aux dimensions communautaires locales et immédiates: elles peuvent s'appuyer aussi sur les grands ensembles communautaires marquant la culture profonde et vivante d'une population.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 10Number 1April 1991
Pages: 29 - 48

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Version of record online: 29 Avril 2009

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Robert Sevigny
Université de Montréal

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