Diagnosis, Stigmatization or Legitimization? A Discussion within the Medicalization Discourse and Lacanian Psychoanalytic Theory
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Doç. Dr. Sinem BALTACI Yalova University, Türkiye
Tuelin Gencoz
Middle East Technical University, Türkiye
Middle East Technical University, Türkiye
Sevda Sari
Halic University, Türkiye
Halic University, Türkiye
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale (ESCI dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale) | ||
| Dergi Adı | AYNA KLINIK PSIKOLOJI DERGISI-AYNA CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY JOURNAL | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 2148-4376 | ||
| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 01-2023 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 10 / 3 / 413–427 | DOI | 10.31682/ayna.1351575 |
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| Özet |
| Numerous studies indicate that individuals experiencing psychological distress often face various forms of discrimination, prejudice, and stigma which leads them to hide their problems. However, contrary to this generalization, some research demonstrates that individuals tend to use diagnosis as a label in a medical system. In this study, we argue that within the context of changing social structures and discourses, the tendency to hide psychological problems due to stigma has transformed into a tool for recognition within a medical system. Of course, our viewpoint does not negate the impact of stigma and prejudice on the subject. Our emphasis here is that for certain symptoms and processes like OCD, this situation can function differently. In this paper, we will first review the views that stigma leads to the concealment of mental issues, and then elaborate on studies that support the opposite view. More specifically, we will analyze the assertion that OCD is an illness within the framework of symptom specific characteristics. We will subsequently delve deeper into this counterargument theoretically. In this context, we will evaluate the power of medicine and the discourse of medicalization, as discussed in the works of Foucault, Illich, and Timurturkan, as well as Lacan's theory on the mirror stage, the moment of recognition, and the subject who supposed to know. This study has significant implications, especially in the field of psychotherapy, for assessing and understanding how individuals relate to their own psychological states. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| legitimization through diagnosis | recognition | medicalization | stigma |
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| Web of Science | 1 |