The Emergence of Integration of Minorities within Society: A Psychological Perspective
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Integration of minorities, mental health issues, neurodiversity, bio-psycho-social model, psychotherapy, autism, Asperger syndrome, homosexuality, transsexuality
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Discover how the concept of integration of minorities with mental health issues has evolved over time, from the consideration of homosexuality as a disease to the emergence of neurodiversity. This article explores the debates and reflections of psychologists on the boundary between sickness and ability, and the need for a bio-psycho-social model for better integration of patients within society.
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[...] However, this specificity brought by the article has today's limits and does not make unanimity among specialized authors and authors. In fact, although some diseases are no longer considered as such without debate, such as homosexuality, or to a lesser extent, transsexuality, some remain considered as such even though the main concerned would like to get rid of them. It is particularly the case of people living with Asperger syndrome: a form of autism discovered by Lorna Wing from Asperger's work. [...]
[...] Bibliography - Baron-Cohen, S., "The extreme male brain theory of autism", Trends in Cognitive Sciences, vol p. 248-254. - Engel GL., "The clinical application of the biopsychosocial model", Am J Psychiatry, no p. 535-44 - Eysenck: The effects of psychotherapy: An evaluation., Journal of Consulting Psychology 319-324, 1952. - Wing L., "Asperger's syndrome: a clinical account", Psychological medicine, vol no p. [...]
[...] The Psy Circle, Special Issue n° The History of Psychology in 100 Dates, The Pride of the Mad - Jean-François Marmion (2016) - The Emergence of the Phenomenon of Integration of Minorities within Society Editor-in-Chief of the specialized journal Le Cercle Psy, writer, journalist, and psychologist by training, Jean-François Marmion explains the emergence of the phenomenon of integration of minorities within society, particularly those whose mental and psychological disorders have been a factor in their exclusion. Within the framework of this article, titled The Pride of the Mad and published within the Special Edition of the magazine The History of Psychology in 100 Dates In November 2016, the author reports on the awareness of this integration of minorities with mental health issues, similar to those with trisomy, through a claim by the first affected. [...]
[...] In the same sense, a bio-psycho-social model would allow for better integration of patients within society, as researcher Engel notes. This dynamic, which goes against the statements of Jean-François Marmion, is gradually taking up more space within this debate. Indeed, the debate intensifies on the limit to be taken into account and the Pandora's box possibly opened at the occasion of the end of the consideration of homosexuality as a disease: all mental illnesses could act, or at least claim, the same thing? [...]
