Emma Jones, Neil Graffin, Rajvinder Samra, and Mathijs Lucassen
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- May 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781529210743
- eISBN:
- 9781529210774
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781529210743.003.0002
- Subject:
- Law, Legal Profession and Ethics
This chapter discusses the concepts of mental health and wellbeing, with a particular emphasis on their conceptualisation within the legal profession. It explores how the law (and the legal ...
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This chapter discusses the concepts of mental health and wellbeing, with a particular emphasis on their conceptualisation within the legal profession. It explores how the law (and the legal profession) have traditionally prized a rigid and narrow form of analytical reasoning which excludes or ignores the importance of preserving good mental health and wellbeing within practice. In doing so, it draws on evidence that discussion of mental illness and health remains heavily stigmatised within the profession. This chapter also considers how elements of the legal profession have begun to acknowledge the growing concerns around wellbeing through an emphasis on notions such as “emotional intelligence” and “mindfulness”. These are often characterised in a way which places additional pressures on individual practitioners to practice forms of mental hygiene, whilst failing to tackle the underlying causes, in particular, the widespread use of unhealthy working practices, which are creating and exacerbating wellbeing issues.Less
This chapter discusses the concepts of mental health and wellbeing, with a particular emphasis on their conceptualisation within the legal profession. It explores how the law (and the legal profession) have traditionally prized a rigid and narrow form of analytical reasoning which excludes or ignores the importance of preserving good mental health and wellbeing within practice. In doing so, it draws on evidence that discussion of mental illness and health remains heavily stigmatised within the profession. This chapter also considers how elements of the legal profession have begun to acknowledge the growing concerns around wellbeing through an emphasis on notions such as “emotional intelligence” and “mindfulness”. These are often characterised in a way which places additional pressures on individual practitioners to practice forms of mental hygiene, whilst failing to tackle the underlying causes, in particular, the widespread use of unhealthy working practices, which are creating and exacerbating wellbeing issues.
Jenny M. Luke
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781496818911
- eISBN:
- 9781496818959
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781496818911.003.0002
- Subject:
- Sociology, Health, Illness, and Medicine
This chapter reaches back into slavery to underpin our understanding of African American childbirth culture and the specific cultural motifs that have persisted for generations. It describes a ...
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This chapter reaches back into slavery to underpin our understanding of African American childbirth culture and the specific cultural motifs that have persisted for generations. It describes a relational concept of health brought from Africa that clashed with the Western medical philosophy and the complexity of practice that emerged as a result. Enslaved midwives were granted authority to practice based on their spirituality and ancestry, both features of the relational vision of wellness, and became revered figures in the slave community and often in the white community too. Beyond establishing the centrality of the lay midwife’s role, this chapter shows how slave women resisted their owners’ attempts to usurp their bodies and how they adopted their own methods of controlling their fertility. This chapter sets the historical and cultural backdrop for the book.Less
This chapter reaches back into slavery to underpin our understanding of African American childbirth culture and the specific cultural motifs that have persisted for generations. It describes a relational concept of health brought from Africa that clashed with the Western medical philosophy and the complexity of practice that emerged as a result. Enslaved midwives were granted authority to practice based on their spirituality and ancestry, both features of the relational vision of wellness, and became revered figures in the slave community and often in the white community too. Beyond establishing the centrality of the lay midwife’s role, this chapter shows how slave women resisted their owners’ attempts to usurp their bodies and how they adopted their own methods of controlling their fertility. This chapter sets the historical and cultural backdrop for the book.
María Cecilia Lozada (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- January 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780813056371
- eISBN:
- 9780813058184
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813056371.003.0004
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology
As bioarchaeologists who deal directly with the human body, we often neglect emic understandings of the body that are important to interpreting the worldview of indigenous populations. In this paper, ...
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As bioarchaeologists who deal directly with the human body, we often neglect emic understandings of the body that are important to interpreting the worldview of indigenous populations. In this paper, Andean notions of the body are presented using indigenous terminology in an effort to highlight dramatic differences in body concept interpretation. Furthermore, three bioarchaeological Andean case studies will be presented to illustrate perceptions of the age and wellness in different archaeological contexts. It is suggested that highly contextualized and multidisciplinary research questions need to be developed in an effort to interpret emic social and cultural dimensions of the living and dead body and mortuary practices.Less
As bioarchaeologists who deal directly with the human body, we often neglect emic understandings of the body that are important to interpreting the worldview of indigenous populations. In this paper, Andean notions of the body are presented using indigenous terminology in an effort to highlight dramatic differences in body concept interpretation. Furthermore, three bioarchaeological Andean case studies will be presented to illustrate perceptions of the age and wellness in different archaeological contexts. It is suggested that highly contextualized and multidisciplinary research questions need to be developed in an effort to interpret emic social and cultural dimensions of the living and dead body and mortuary practices.
Nina Macaraig
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- September 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781474434102
- eISBN:
- 9781474460262
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474434102.003.0009
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Middle Eastern Studies
The epilogue considers the Çemberlitaş Hamamı in the context of Istanbul’s cultural heritage and tourism policies of the first two decades of the 2000s. It touches upon the impact of the ...
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The epilogue considers the Çemberlitaş Hamamı in the context of Istanbul’s cultural heritage and tourism policies of the first two decades of the 2000s. It touches upon the impact of the international spa and wellness boom on the concept of the hamam, both in Turkey and abroad. Furthermore, it briefly addresses the recent restoration of other hamams of the Turkish capital, before concluding with a historiographic remark on notions of Ottoman identity.Less
The epilogue considers the Çemberlitaş Hamamı in the context of Istanbul’s cultural heritage and tourism policies of the first two decades of the 2000s. It touches upon the impact of the international spa and wellness boom on the concept of the hamam, both in Turkey and abroad. Furthermore, it briefly addresses the recent restoration of other hamams of the Turkish capital, before concluding with a historiographic remark on notions of Ottoman identity.
Mary Ellen Copeland and Jessica A. Jonikas
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- October 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199362424
- eISBN:
- 9780199362448
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199362424.003.0007
- Subject:
- Psychology, Clinical Psychology
This chapter describes one particular, consumer-created and -operated approach that has received a great deal of attention in North America—Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP). It outlines the ...
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This chapter describes one particular, consumer-created and -operated approach that has received a great deal of attention in North America—Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP). It outlines the rationale for and the components of WRAP. It goes on to review research that indicates the potential value of WRAP in promoting consumer well-being. It notes how WRAP is congruent with a transformative new paradigm in community mental health, but conclude with some cautions and caveats, noting that WRAP is one tool for transformative change that needs to be accompanied by broader systems changes.Less
This chapter describes one particular, consumer-created and -operated approach that has received a great deal of attention in North America—Wellness Recovery Action Plans (WRAP). It outlines the rationale for and the components of WRAP. It goes on to review research that indicates the potential value of WRAP in promoting consumer well-being. It notes how WRAP is congruent with a transformative new paradigm in community mental health, but conclude with some cautions and caveats, noting that WRAP is one tool for transformative change that needs to be accompanied by broader systems changes.
