Representations of the Functions and Goals of Occupational Therapy in the Discourse of Psychiatry: Historical-sociological Analysis

Student: Ushakov Aleksey

Educational Programme: Sociology (Bachelor)

Final Grade: 8

Year of Graduation: 2020

The idea of sociological analysis is not only new, but also psychiatry. A similar analysis was carried out in relation to social phenomena traditionally attributed to the field of psychiatry (for example, the work “Suicide” by Emil Durkheim, which became a classic example of sociological research), as well as in relation to the institution of psychiatry (“Prisoners” by Irving Hoffmann, “Psychiatric Power” ) Michel Foucault and many others). This is a phenomenon like labor therapy for the mentally ill.

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