Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
  1. Home
  2. Search

Refine search

Refine search

Access:
Content type:
Publication date:
Apply   From and To filters
Subject: Show more
Journals Show more
Publishers: Show more
Societies Show more
Series: Show more
Collections: Show more

Actions for selected content:

Select all | Deselect all
  • View selected items
  • Export citations
  • Download PDF (zip)
  • Save to Kindle
  • Save to Dropbox
  • Save to Google Drive

Save Search

You can save your searches here and later view and run them again in "My saved searches".

Please provide a title, maximum of 40 characters.
Cancel
×

2 results

  • 2 - Two Disaster Paradigms

  • Matthew Scott
  • Book:
    Climate Change, Disasters, and the Refugee Convention
    Published online:
    18 January 2020
    Print publication:
    06 February 2020, pp 10-31

  • Summary

    This chapter introduces two different approaches to understanding disasters. The 'hazard' paradigm, identified in chapter one as influencing the 'dominant view' regarding the application of the refugee definition in the context of disasters and climate change, is described as being characterised by a focus on hazards such as cyclones and earthquakes, with limited attention paid to the role of social factors in the unfolding of a disaster. The 'social' paradigm is then presented as providing a richer theoretical lens owing to its recognition of social factors as key elements in any disaster. The role played by discrimination in contributing to differential exposure and vulnerability to disaster-related harm is highlighted, and the relevance of this paradigm for guiding refugee status determination in the context of disasters and climate change is underscored.

  • A social paradigm in psychiatry – themes and perspectives

  • Part of
  • S. Priebe
  • Journal:
    Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences / Volume 25 / Issue 6 / December 2016
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    21 March 2016, pp. 521-527
  • Aims.

    Psychiatry as science is underpinned by paradigms. Considering whether a social paradigm may help to advance the current state of psychiatry, the review provides a reference to the rich, but fragmented past of related initiatives in the history of psychiatry and a personal view of themes, challenges and perspectives of using a social paradigm in psychiatry.

    Methods.

    Major themes are the evidence on social determinants of mental health; the value-based importance of integrating people with mental disorders in society; options to overcome the social isolation and improve the networks of psychiatric patients; utilising a systemic approach for interventions in families and communities; and understanding group and one-to-one treatments in psychiatry primarily as social interactions. Whilst all these themes open up perspectives for future action and/or research, there are also conceptual challenges through the limitations of the current construct of mental disorders and the dominating terminology.

    Results.

    Initiatives for using a social paradigm in psychiatry may refer to important achievements in the past, but need to go beyond this and consider on-going societal changes.

    Conclusion.

    Innovation may benefit from close collaboration with social sciences and humanities.