Author : Karen Newbigging,Anthony Salla,Ulla-Karin Schön,Colin King
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832546581
Addressing Epistemic Injustice in Mental Health by Karen Newbigging,Anthony Salla,Ulla-Karin Schön,Colin King Pdf
Epistemic injustice was conceptualized by Fricker as a form of social injustice, which occurs when people’s authority ‘as a knower’ is ignored, dismissed, or marginalized. It is attracting increasing interest in the mental health field because of the asymmetries of power between people using mental health services and mental health professionals. People experiencing mental health distress are particularly vulnerable to epistemic injustice as a consequence of deeply embedded social stigma, negative stereotyping, and assumed irrationality. This is amplified by other forms of stereotyping or structural discrimination, including racism, misogyny, and homophobia. Consequently, individual testimonies may be discounted as both irrational and unreliable. Epistemic injustice also operates systemically reflecting social and demographic characteristics, such a race, gender, sexuality or disability, or age.