Sundhed, sygdom og afhængighed: sociale aspekter

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.This volume presents a range of research approaches to the exploration of ageing during a pandemic situation. One of the first collections of its kind, it offers an array of studies employing research methodologies that lend themselves to replication in similar contexts by those seeking to understand the effects of epidemics on older people. Thematically organised, it shows how to reconcile qualitative and quantitative approaches, thus rendering them complementary, bringing together studies from around the world to offer an international perspective on ageing as it relates to an unprecedented epidemiological phenomenon. As such, it will appeal to researchers in the field of gerontology, as well as sociologists of medicine and clinicians seeking to understand the disruptive effects of the recent coronavirus outbreak on later life.

'A groundbreaking debut from an extraordinary writer ... a testament to where a woman can go after rock-bottom'PIPER KERMAN, New York Times bestselling author of ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACKKeri Blakinger's brave, brutal memoir, Corrections in Ink, is a riveting story about suffering, recovery and redemption' DAVID SHEFF, NEW YORK TIMESKeri Blakinger had always lived at full throttle. Whether flying through the air, chasing Olympic dreams on the ice rink; surviving on as few calories as she could; or balancing a heroin addiction with pursuing a degree at an Ivy League university. But on a cold December day, Keri is arrested with a Tupperware container full of heroin. Shortly afterwards, she is convicted and sent to prison.Forced to confront her addiction, Keri finally manages to break free of it, and finds herself in a place unlike anything she has experienced before: a world built on senseless brutality, but whose inhabitants, her fellow inmates, will change her life forever.Written in luminous prose, with searing honesty and flashes of dark humour, Corrections in Ink shines a light on a broken prison system, and the cruelty and kindness Blakinger experienced there. It is a radical call for justice, and a testament to the power of finding one's voice.

The summer of 2021 saw a massive rise in the number of infections and deaths fromCovid-19 in India. Even by conservative estimates, at least 1.5 million people hadlost their lives by June; several times the official figure. As in the first wave of thepandemic, this time, too, the chaos and suffering was in large measure, as HarshMander shows, due to mismanagement by an uncaring and cynical state.The first part of the book, 'Locking Down the Poor', describes the grave humanitariancrisis of 2020, which pushed the urban poor to the brink of starvation. It shows howthis was a direct consequence of public policy choices that the central governmentmade, particularly of imposing the world's longest and most stringent lockdown,with the smallest relief package. Mander brings us voices of out-of-work daily-wageand informal workers, the homeless and the destitute, all overwhelmed by hunger,humiliation and dread. From the highways and overcrowded quarantine centres, hebrings us stories of the estimated 3 crore migrant workers whose livelihoods weredestroyed, forcing them to walk hundreds of kilometres to their villages.The second part of the book, 'Burning Pyres, Mass Graves', records the horrorsof the following year, when everything from hospital beds to oxygen and essentialmedicines fell disastrously short. Mander traces the causes for these shortages to thecriminal neglect of public health in India, a situation made worse under the NarendraModi government, leading to the extortion of a beleaguered population by everyonefrom suppliers of oxygen cylinders to pharma billionaires. He holds the state culpablefor indulging in pageantry-with the PM advertising himself as a messiah-when thecountry needed to brace for the impact of the second wave.Combining ground reports with hard data and first-hand knowledge, Mander chroniclesthe greatest humanitarian catastrophe India has faced in a century, the effects of whichwill be felt for decades. This powerful, even shattering, book is a necessary record ofa national tragedy that too many of us want to forget, when remembering is our onlydefence against a similar disaster in the future.

In diesem Buch werden 199 Videoclips, in denen Gesundheitsbehörden aus 17 Ländern Corona-Präventionsmaßnahmen nahelegen auf persuasive und gestalterische Mittel hin untersucht. . In einer soziologischen, qualitativ orientierten Medienproduktanalyse kristallisieren sich vier wesentliche inhaltliche Überzeugungsmittel heraus, nämlich sachliche Informationen, soziale Einflüsse, Zukunftsszenarien und Furchtappelle. Im Rahmen einer Gattungsanalyse werden diese als variable Merkmale der Binnenstruktur erfasst, die auf eine neu entstehende kommunikative Gattung bzw. Form (Corona-Präventionsvideos) hindeuten.

Unter dem Motto ¿Pro-Anä treffen sich seit den späten 1990er Jahren vorwiegend junge Frauen im Internet, um gemeinsam magersüchtig zu werden. Wissenschaftlich wurde das Phänomen bisher vor allem hinsichtlich seiner potentiellen Gefahren untersucht. Im Dunkeln blieb dabei, was Pro-Ana eigentlich ist, welche Handlungen im Zentrum des Phänomens stehen oder wie sich Pro-Ana plattformübergreifend strukturiert. Dabei ist von besonderem Interesse, wie das soziale Gefüge der Teilnehmer*innen vor dem Hintergrund fast ausschließlich digital erfolgender Kommunikation dauerhaft bestehen kann. Über eine soziologische Websiteanalyse wird gezeigt, dass die Teilnehmer*innen die Online-Gemeinschaft in erster Linie als eine Motivationstechnik nutzen, die sie bei ihrem Vorhaben der drastischen Gewichtsreduktion unterstützt. Sie suchen diese auf, um sich in einer Art ¿Parallelprojektierung¿ wechselseitig zum Abnehmen zu inspirieren und zu motivieren: Ihre Gleichheit in Bezug auf Projektziele und -dokumentationen ermöglicht es den Teilnehmer*innen, sich online etwa in Wettbewerben zu messen und einander als Gemeinschaft zu erfahren. Ihre Differenzen im Projektfortschritt bilden hingegen die Voraussetzung dafür, leuchtende Vorbilder unter ihren Mitstreiter*innen zu finden, die den Glauben an die Machbarkeit eines pro-anorektischen Gewichtsabnahmeprojekts in entscheidendem Maße stützen.

Caribbean countries have had to navigate multiple crises, which have tested their collective resolve through time. In this regard, the region¿s landscape has been shaped by an interplay of vulnerability and resilience which has brought to the fore possibilities and contradictions. It is within this context that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic must be considered. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Covid-19 and the Caribbean, Volume 1: The State, Economy and Health provides a comprehensive, multi- and interdisciplinary assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, using the Caribbean as the site of enquiry. The edited collection mobilises critical perspectives brought to bear on research produced within and beyond the boundaries and boundedness of conventional academic disciplinary divides, in response to the multi-dimensional crises of our time. The culmination of this collection offers a reimagining of our Caribbean contemporary futures in the hope of finding home-grown solutions, avenues and possibilities. This volume is divided into five (5) parts consisting of twenty-four (24) chapters and weave together thematic strands that focus on governance, the macro and micro aspects of the economy, tourism and hospitality, business management and public health policy. Together, the chapters in this volume tell the story of the extent and effects of Caribbean governments¿ response to the pandemic and the ways in which industries and organisations have had to pivot to survive and transform their management and operational practices.

Die Arbeit befasst sich mit dem Zusammenhang von verschiedenen negativen Beziehungsaspekten bzw. spannungsgeladenen Interaktionsketten und subjektiver Gesundheit. Mit Daten aus der Mixed Methods Studie 'Gesichter der Armut' werden auf Basis fallimmanenter Dyadenportraits zunächst Idealtypen negativer Beziehungsaspekte herausgearbeitet. Die sprichwörtlich 'böse Schwiegermutter' entspricht dabei dem Typ 'Manipulativ'. Darauf aufbauend werden die Idealtypen in ein Messinstrument überführt. Auf Grundlage einer Random-Route-Stichprobe wurden in einer eigenen Studie egozentrierte Netzwerke erhoben und das Messinstrument mittels Faktorenanalyse quantitativ überprüft. Abschließend erfolgt die Analyse der Assoziation zwischen negativen Beziehungsaspekten und subjektiver Gesundheit mittels linearer Regressionsmodelle. Der Zusammenhang zwischen negativen Beziehungsaspekten und subjektiver mentaler Gesundheit erweist sich als frauenspezifisch und ist unabhängig vom Typ negativer Beziehungsaspekte.Es ist also weniger wichtig, ob es sich um die 'böse Schwiegermutter' oder den 'nervigen Nachbarn' handelt.

Nadia El-Seoud analysiert die lebensweltlichen Bezüge der Physiotherapie und geht der Frage nach, wie sich Lebensweltorientierung gegenwärtig in der Physiotherapie darstellt. Hierzu befragte sie praktisch tätige Physiotherapeuten und Physiotherapeutinnen mittels qualitativer, problemzentrierter Interviews und konkretisiert die Ergebnisse u.a. anhand der Bildung von Idealtypen. Insgesamt wird deutlich, dass Physiotherapeut*innen wichtige Gesundheitspartner*innen sein können, die durch den Einbezug der psychosozialen Ebene und den damit einhergehenden Bezügen zur Lebenswelt der Menschen nicht nur zur Gesundheit Einzelner, sondern auch zur Gesundheit von Bevölkerungsgruppen und damit zur gesundheitlichen Chancengleichheit beitragen können.

Marvin Giehl zeigt den im erziehungswissenschaftlichen Diskurs bislang unterrepräsentierten Konnex zwischen den ethisch motivierten Ernährungs- und Lebensformen des Vegetarismus und des Veganismus sowie deren biographischer Genese und bildungstheoretischen Überlegungen auf. Durch die Erhebung qualitativer Interviews und die Auswertung im Stile der dokumentarischen Methode entwirft der Autor mehrere datenbegründete Typiken, welche die Komplexität von ¿vegetarischen¿ und ¿veganen¿ Biographien rekonstruieren. Virulent wird dabei ein spannungsreiches Wechselspiel von erlebter Inkongruenz und Kongruenz. Mit dem Forschungsergebnis legt er eine neue Betrachtung von post-anthropozentrisch gedachten biographischen Bildungsprozessen vor, woraus auch praktische pädagogische Implikationen abzuleiten sind. Schließlich erweitert die Arbeit die Perspektiven im methodologischen Diskurs, indem sie bislang vorherrschende und reproduzierte Fokussierung auf konjunktive Wissensbestände und die damit korrespondieren Wissensformen durch die analytische Berücksichtigung von kommunikativem Wissen ergänzt.

Die letzten Jahrzehnte waren geprägt von der Vorstellung einer Übergewichts-Epidemie. Sowohl bei Kindern als auch bei Erwachsenen in Deutschland ist hohes Körpergewicht immer verbreiteter. Dieses Buch beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, ob Körpergewicht eine Determinante von sozialer Ungleichheit in Deutschland ist, indem betrachtet wird, ob Adipositas im Erwachsenenalter zu Einbußen im sozioökonomischen Status führt. Im Zentrum der Arbeit stehen quantitative Kausalanalysen mit Längsschnitt-Daten des Robert Koch-Instituts und dem Sozio-Ökonomischen Panel. Körpergewicht wird hier nicht nur über den Body Mass Index abgebildet, sondern auch über den Taillenumfang. Als Grundlage für die Analysen wird ein theoretisches Erklärungsmodell erstellt, für das verschiedene soziologische Theorieansätze auf die Fragestellung bezogen werden. Dabei sind neben Überlegungen zu Stigmatisierung und Diskriminierung auch Vorstellungen zu Körper als Kapital zentral. Die Ergebnisse werden im Hinblick auf Limitationen in der Datenlage in Deutschland diskutiert und Anknüpfungspunkte für weitere Forschung zu Körpergewicht als Determinante von sozialer Ungleichheit präsentiert.

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the global world but impacted women with children and careers disproportionately. The social, familial, and professional strains of this crisis birthed with it the opportunity to reflect on the values, expectations, lifestyle, and priorities that have defined motherhood. This book uplifts the shared consciousness of motherhood; the common veil that transcends time, region, and boundary. Part contemporary anthology, part historical narrative, and fully nestled in the tenets of psychological science, this book spotlights the awakenings of 33 mothers of varied ages, ethnicities, family compositions, and professional backgrounds in the United States as they renegotiated motherhood and career. Each reflection offers a window into the heart of a career mother, capturing the kaleidoscope of her struggles, vulnerabilities, and hopes, while empowering her insights. The reflections are bound together by themes that cut across lived maternal experiences, bringing to light a powerful creed for a life re-imagined- one that propels mothers forward in all of their roles.

The anthology presents the social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in the field of work and gainful employment from a multidisciplinary perspective of social and economic sciences. Specifically, it deals with the analysis of changes in work processes and relations in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Different facets of the discussion are taken up, and the topic of "work, precarity and COVID-19" is discussed along a wide range of diversity categories (age, gender, disability, social origin, ethnicity, religion, etc.) and their intersections (intersectionality). At the same time, the focus is on discussing alternative models and ways of dealing with the current crisis that (re)establish social justice and inclusion through work.

¿In diesem Buch rückt das ¿gute Leben¿ im hohen Alter in den Fokus: So ist in den westlichen Industrienationen ein stetiger Anstieg der allgemeinen Lebenserwartung zu verzeichnen. Die gewonnene Lebenszeit geht jedoch nicht automatisch mit einem guten Gesundheitszustand einher: Gerade Hochaltrige sind häufig von einer oder mehreren chronischen Erkrankungen betroffen, die mit zahlreichen funktionellen Einschränkungen in ihrem Alltag verbunden sind und oftmals den Umzug in eine stationäre Einrichtung der Altenpflege bedingen. Die damit verbundenen Umstände bergen das Risiko, die Lebensqualität der Betroffenen zu verringern. Eine Fördermöglichkeit könnte in der Einführung von Yoga-Kursen bestehen, da empirische Untersuchungen mit verschiedenen Studienpopulationen die Schlussfolgerung nahelegen, dass sich eine regelmäßige Yoga-Praxis positiv auf verschiedene Parameter auswirkt, die mit den Konstrukten von Lebensqualität und Wohlbefinden assoziiert sind. Für die vorliegende Arbeit wurde daher ein Yoga-Kurskonzept entwickelt, das den Bedürfnissen von Bewohner*innen von stationären Altenpflegeeinrichtungen ohne Demenzerkrankungen gerecht zu werden anstrebt und in Form einer Pilotstudie in einer stationären Altenpflegeeinrichtung erprobt.

"In 2022, Los Angeles became the US city with the largest population of unhoused people, a stark contrast with the city's luxurious hillside mansions. This book from sociologist Neil Gong traces the divide between the haves and have nots by looking to mental health treatment, a key factor in what kind of life a person can live. As Gong shows, the mental health options available to the wealthy versus the poor affects not only the resources they can access, but their very personhood. The Downtown Skid Row area is infamous as "America's homeless capital"-a dumping ground for people with mental illness, ex-prisoners, and addicts. For people diagnosed with mental illness who get caught in the social safety net, often through arrests, the state will largely offer a slate of outpatient tactics. Caseworkers visit individuals regularly to help them with the necessities of functioning independently, such as obtaining identification and shopping for groceries. These services often keep mentally ill people housed, fed, and hopefully out of prison, but they rarely offer treatment for people in psychological distress. They are free but not treated. Across town in West LA or the beach cities, wealthy people diagnosed with serious mental illness attend luxurious treatment centers, from outpatient day clinics to residential programs by the ocean. Programs may offer yoga, holistic care, and farm-to-table organic meals alongside therapeutic treatments and university-affiliated psychiatrists. These treatments aim for psychological wellness, of course, but they also aim to stabilize people's lives, often through programs that greatly limit choice and mobility-families of the wealthy mentally ill expect that their loved ones will be contained. They are treated but not free. Throughout, Gong shows us starkly different ways of understanding people in psychic distress, and divergent ideas and pathways of recovery that may make them into separate kinds of people. At its core, this book project is about the way social context shapes problems and attempts to solve them. The book moves beyond psychiatric care to address issues of urban policy, family dynamics, and, ultimately, the meaning of freedom and personhood in contemporary America"--

This volume provides a close look at the ways in which LGBTQ2 people form familial bonds. It brings together stories from non-binary families across continents and cultures and recenters care as a foundational value for creating familial ties. This volume therefore addresses a gap in the literature concerning non-binary family configurations by going beyond the legal battle for non-binary partnership rights. In recent discussions on marriage equality, the notion of familial bonds, which was important in early discussions on non-binary family research, has been decentered in favor of legal and homonormative understandings of individual rights. This volume centers familial bonds as the first step toward reimagining how to do research on the family and adds to research on family studies as well as gender studies.Students and researchers of sociology, anthropology, social work, gender studies, family research, well-being research, and anyone else working on or with non-binary families will find this book highly topical and interesting.

Drawing from an activist research project spanning Loja, Santo Domingo, New York, New Jersey, and Barcelona, this book offers a feminist intersectional analysis of the impact of migration on health and well-being. It assesses how social inequalities and migration and health policies, in Ecuador and destination countries, shape the experiences of migrants. The author also explores how individual and collective action challenges health, geopolitical, gender, sexual, ethnoracial, and economic disparities, and empowers communities. This is a thorough analysis of interpersonal, institutional, and structural mechanisms of marginalization and resistance. It will inform policy and research for better responses to migration's negative effects on health, and progress towards greater equality and social justice.

"Achalasia: Navigating Life with a Rare Disorder" is a comprehensive guidebook that offers practical and emotional support to anyone affected by achalasia. This book contains a wealth of information on the diagnosis, treatment, and management of this rare and often misunderstood disorder. This book provides valuable insights, tips, and resources to help readers achieve a balanced and fulfilling life. Whether you're a newly diagnosed patient, a caregiver, or simply interested in learning more about achalasia, this book is an essential tool for navigating the complexities of this condition and living life to the fullest.

Chiamiamo psicopatografia un racconto autobiografico della (e dalla) malattiamentale. Nessuna malattia, come quelle che investono la mente, hanno così drammaticamentebisogno di parole, di racconti per dirsi. Nessuna malattia, come lafollia, porta il peso di miti, pregiudizi, stigmi che nei secoli l¿hanno imprigionata,esclusa, messa a tacere. Il narratore ferito nella mente cerca di ridare voce e sensoalla malattia e alla sua vita, attraverso il racconto, ristabilendo un legame tra illness,disease e sickness. Alla luce degli studi sulle illness narratives, il libro analizza raccontidi malattia (Daniele Mencarelli, Alice Banfi, Andrea Pomella, Simona Vinci,Fuani Marino, Paolo Milone, Carlo Patriarca) rappresentativi di un fenomenorecente nella narrativa italiana: un considerevole incremento di narrazioni in cui ildisagio mentale è centrale. A cavallo tra letteratura e psichiatria, uno studio patograficointeramente dedicato alle malattie mentali.Vincitore del premio 2023 del "PREMIO LETTERARIO CITTÀ DI GIRIFALCO - SEZIONE "PAROLE E FOLLIA" per le sue pubblicazioni letterarie e scientifiche sulla follia.

El libro investiga las funciones terapéuticas del espacio en tres novelas de Marcela Serrano, Antigua vida mía (1995), El albergue de las mujeres tristes (1998) y Nuestra Señora de la Soledad (1999). Para estos fines se emplea la metodología de los paisajes terapéuticos, originaria de la geografía, cuya aplicación al análisis de la literatura ha sido escasa hasta la fecha. Serrano crea las narrativas de la enfermedad a través de las cuales se manifiestan las contradicciones de las transformaciones posmodernas y de la transición democrática chilena junto con sus consecuencias para las mujeres y yuxtapone estas reflexiones críticas con la poética espacial, que acentúa el carácter curativo de los lugares y su rol en la reconstrucción de la identidad femenina.

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How to take a political beating and surviveIn the struggle for a better world, setbacks are inevitable. Defeat can feel overwhelming at times, but it has to be endured. How then do the people on the front line keep going? To answer that question and to help readers roll with the punches, Hannah Proctor draws on historical resources to find out how revolutionaries and activists of the past kept a grip on hope.Burnout considers former Communards exiled to a penal colony in the South Pacific; a young Bolshevik fleeing the city in despair; an ex-militant on the analyst’s couch relating dreams of ruined landscapes; a trade union organizer seeking advice from a spiritual healer; and a group of feminists padding a room with mattresses to scream about the patriarchy. Jettisoning therapy talk and its stranglehold on our language, Proctor offers a different way forward—neither denial nor despair. Her cogent exploration of the ways militants make sense of their own burnout demonstrates that it is possible to mourn and organize at once, and to do both without compromise.[ENDORSEMENTS TK][logo]SUBJECT LINE [INITIAL CAP ONLY]: PoliticsRETAIL PRICES [DOMESTIC MARKET FIRST]: £14.99 / $24.95 / $33.95CANversobooks.comISBN-13: 9781839766053