Untangling the non-recyclable citizen: a critical reconceptualization of responsibility in recovery

Korte inhoud:Over the last decades, research, policy, and practice in the field of (mental) health care and a complementary variety of social work and social service delivery have focused internationally on recovery as a dominant concept. Emphasizing the service user’s responsibility appears to be a central component in the empowering process of recovery. Using a critical disability studies perspective, we aim to untangle the relationship between the individual citizen with mental health problems and the society in which the recovery discourse operates in Belgium. We explore the social dynamics in the unique life story of Jimmy Sax, and analyze a diversity of discourses and practices that turned him into a nonrecyclable citizen. While exploring the different modes through which Jimmy’s subjectivity was transformed throughout the course of his life, we expose the convoluted nature of the recovery paradigm, which leads to a reconceptualization of the notion of responsibility in recovery.

Jaar van publicatie:2014

Trefwoorden:Parageneeskundige wetenschappen, education, media & information science, community & social issues

BOF-keylabel:ja

IOF-keylabel:ja

BOF-publication weight:6

CSS-citation score:1

Auteurs:National

Authors from:Higher Education

Toegankelijkheid:Open