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Toward Epistemic Justice: A Critically Reflexive Examination of ‘Sanism’ and Implications for Knowledge Generation

open access: yesStudies in Social Justice, 2016
The dominance of medicalized “psy” discourses in the West has marginalized alternative perspectives and analyses of madness, resulting in the under-inclusion (or exclusion) from mainstream discourse of the firsthand experiences and perspectives of those ...
Stephanie LeBlanc   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mitochondria-Associated Degradation Pathway (MAD) Function beyond the Outer Membrane

open access: yesCell Reports, 2020
Summary: The mitochondria-associated degradation pathway (MAD) mediates ubiquitination and degradation of mitochondrial outer membrane (MOM) proteins by the proteasome. We find that the MAD, but not other quality-control pathways including macroautophagy,
Pin-Chao Liao   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Paleomagnetism, rock magnetism and geochemical aspects of early Cretaceous basalts of the Paraná Magmatic Province, from Misiones, Argentina [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The basalts of the Posadas Formation were extruded during the huge continental volcanism that affected the Parana Basin in the Lower Cretaceous. We have carried out a paleomagnetic and rock-magnetic study on samples collected along a basalt outcrop ...
Lagorio, Silvia Leonor   +2 more
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Child As Metaphor: Colonialism, Psy-Governance, and Epistemicide [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This paper mobilizes transdisciplinary inquiry to explore and deconstruct the often-used comparison of racialized/colonized people, intellectually disabled people and mad people as being like children.
Lefrancois, B. A., Mills, C.
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The mystery of madness through art and Mad Studies [PDF]

open access: yesDisability & Society, 2019
In this Current Issues article I explore how the world of art can show a different view on ‘madness’. Mad Studies, as an emergent academic field, has the possibility to offer alternative and contrasting views on madness. I argue that the current bio-medical model where ‘madness’ is reduced to ‘mental illness’ denies us the possibility to hear different
openaire   +2 more sources

“Everywhere We Go, People Seem to Know”: Mad Students and Knowledge Construction of Mental Illness in Higher Education

open access: yesSocial Inclusion, 2018
Psychological wellbeing has received attention from academics and policymakers worldwide. Initiatives to improve psychoeducation, campaigns to raise awareness, and charity projects have been established as part of efforts to change public attitudes and ...
Lieve Carette   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lunar madness: An empirical study

open access: yesComprehensive Psychiatry, 1977
HAT THE PHASES of the moon influence the appearance of mental illness is a belief that has survived the passage of centuries. In a review of the historical literature, Oliven” has pointed out that various sources, from the Old Testament to the 18th century medical literature, express a belief in the influence of the moon on mental illness, not only ...
C E, Climent, R, Plutchik
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Mad studies and neurodiversity: a dialogue [PDF]

open access: yesDisability & Society, 2015
In this paper we explore what we consider to be the shared concerns of those neurodivergent and/or mad-identified scholars and activists who are seeking to make space for themselves within the academy. In doing so, we consider what critical questions and action people involved in these could address together in ways that move beyond identity-based ...
McWade, Brigit   +2 more
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"The mad", "the bad", "the victim":gendered constructions of women who kill within the criminal justice system [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Women commit significantly fewer murders than men and are perceived to be less violent. This belief about women’s non-violence reflects the discourses surrounding gender, all of which assume that women possess certain inherent essential characteristics ...
Weare, Siobhan
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Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease with Mitral Valve Prolapse and Mitral Annular Disjunction: Clinical and Functional Significance of the Coincidence

open access: yesJournal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 2021
The morphological changes that occur in myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) involve various components, ultimately leading to the impairment of mitral valve (MV) function.
Nina C. Wunderlich   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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