This weather always gets me down

A psychosocial perspective on mental illness

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4218566
AutoresNicole Baur (University of Glasgow, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen23
Número2
Páginas180-196
Fecha de publicación2019-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHealth An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health Illness and Medicine (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1363-4593 • E-ISSN: 1461-7196
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1363459318804602
PMID30786770
OpenAlexW2916449081
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas34

Since antiquity, attempts to conceptualise the aetiology of mental illness have included social constructionist, biomedical, and psychosocial theories. The change of these concepts over the centuries is reflected in therapeutic approaches as well as the location, layout and interior design of psychiatric institutions. This article focuses on the genealogy of one of these concepts - the proposed link between meteorological parameters, specifically air and sun, and mental illness. Based on detailed archival materials, including administrative records, medical notes and correspondence as well as oral histories, relating to the Devon County Mental Hospital near Exeter (UK), it traces this link over time within and beyond the medical community to the extent that it served as pretext for underlying social causes of the illness. In doing so, this article makes an empirical contribution to geographical perspectives on the construction of psychiatric institutions throughout history while also advancing such work in theoretical terms by drawing attention to the shifts in medical and lay conceptualisations of mental illness

Mental health · Mental illness · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Sociology · Computer Science · Health, psychology, and well-being · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence