TY  - CHAP
A1  - Heinz, Andreas
T1  - Auseinandersetzungen um den Begriff psychischer Gesundheit und Krankheit
T2  - Was ist Gesundheit? : Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven aus Medizin, Geschichte und Kultur
N2  - Controversies Over the Concept of Mental Disorders. Just like persons suffering from somatic diseases, those experiencing mental disorders, maladies, or diseases should be provided with care and protection from certain social demands. Yet, any disease concept should be precise enough to avoid classification of behavior as pathological while it is merely socially undesirable in the current political system. This paper reviews various conflicting concepts of disease, illness and sickness. In addition, it provides a narrower definition of a so-called clinically relevant mental malady. This definition is characterized by a) an impairment of mental functions relevant for human life (the disease aspect of a mental malady) and b) personal harm either due to suffering (the illness aspect) or impaired activities of daily living that severely limit social participation (the sickness aspect). This chapter claims that any definition of disease-relevant mental dysfunctions should be critically reflected regarding its philosophical and anthropological foundation and ethical consequences. Criteria of disease, illness and sickness should no longer be defined by groups of professionals selected by the WHO or other institutions, but instead require public debates that include organizations of patients and relatives.
KW  - Demenz
KW  - Krankheitsbegriff
KW  - Pathologisierung
KW  - Psychoanalyse
KW  - Psychopathologie
KW  - Psychotherapie
KW  - Resilienz
KW  - Selbstvertrauen
KW  - Selbstwirksamkeit
KW  - Teilhabe
Y1  - 2021
UR  - https://edoc.bbaw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/3684
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b4-opus4-36849
SN  - 9783110713336
SP  - 450
EP  - 464
PB  - De Gruyter
CY  - Berlin, Boston
ER  -