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Sanism: A Conceptual Analysis

open access: yesStudies in Social Justice
The concept of sanism offers a promising framework for examining the structural injustices encountered by individuals with mental health diagnoses. However, it remains inconsistently applied across the existing literature. This study aims to clarify and
Sandrine Renaud   +3 more
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Philosophical analysis of the Recovery College learning model: characterization and connections to learning theories [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry
IntroductionThe Recovery College (RC) model of learning is an innovative approach that originated in the UK in 2009 and has rapidly expanded, boasting over 130 locations in 22 countries by 2021.
Galaad Lefay   +14 more
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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
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Sanism and the Law

open access: yesAMA Journal of Ethics, 2013
Sanism, irrational prejudice against people with mental illness including erroneous and stereotypical beliefs, perverts legal proceedings involving the mentally ill.
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‘They’re an Illusion to Me Now’: Forensic Ethics, Sanism and Pretextuality

open access: yes, 2017
The so-called battle of the experts is, in most cases, a myth. The vast majority of insanity cases are walk-throughs; most cases involving competency to stand trial determinations never reach the contested trial stage. Yet, those case that are contested are vivid (not coincidentally, often because they involve high-profile crimes, victims or defendants,
Michael L Perlin
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Peer Work and Stigma Reduction in Australian Mental Health Policy: Tackling Sanism or Reinforcing the Status Quo?

open access: yesStudies in Social Justice
Peer workers are increasingly included as part of mental health policy approaches to stigma, reflecting ongoing imperatives to include lived experience within mental health policy and practice.
Aimee Sinclair   +4 more
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“There Must be Some Way Out of Here”: Why the Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities is Potentially the Best Weapon in the Fight Against Sanism

open access: yesPsychiatry, Psychology and Law, 2013
It is impossible to consider the impact of anti-discrimination law on persons with mental disabilities without a full understanding of how sanism permeates all aspects of the legal system – judicial opinions, legislation, the role of lawyers, juror decision-making – and the entire fabric of society. For those unfamiliar with the term, I define “sanism”
Michael L Perlin
exaly   +3 more sources

An Introduction to Anti-Black Sanism

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences & the Law, 2023
<p>Sanism is an oppression. It makes normal the practice of discrimination, rejection, silencing, exclusion, low expectations, incarceration, and other forms of violence against people who are othered through mental ‘illness’ diagnosis, history, or even suspicion.
Meerai, Sonia   +2 more
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Editorial: Addressing epistemic injustice in mental health [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry
Karen Newbigging   +4 more
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Blogging to Counter Epistemic Injustice: Trans disabled digital micro-resistance

open access: yesDisability Studies Quarterly, 2021
As part of a larger research project on the intersections between transness, disability, cisgenderism (also called transphobia), and ableism/sanism, this article presents the results of a three-month netnography of blog posts made between 2013 and 2019 ...
Sarah Cavar, Alexandre Baril
doaj   +1 more source

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