Re: cohousing & mental health | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Hans Tilstra (tilstrasmartchat.net.au) | |
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 22:53:01 -0600 (MDT) |
My perception of "us" as a cyber community is that we create the conditions that are conducive to a helpful discussion about mental health issues. I'd be wary of anything that feels like "outing" someone or pathologising a problem. Some definitions my students find helpful: A mental illness is an umbrella term of illnesses showing a significant disturbance of thoughts, mood and/or perception. Then, it can become "disabling" when the mental illness significantly interferes with the person meeting their social, physical and/or social needs. The degree that qualifies the "signifance" is spelled out in the DSM IV (http://www.geocities.com/morrison94/ ). When applying such a diagnostic tool please be careful of the so-called "medical-student-effect", where this newfound knowledge gets applied to everyone and anyone but one self. >From my study of cohousing I think it's fair to say that we can pat ourselves on the back for making a concrete contribution to creating tangible protective factors fostering the mental health of our neighbourhoods (eg. see http://www.togetherwedobetter.vic.gov.au/ ). I'm gathering a range of materials on the link between mental health & cohousing, so if anyone does have great leads, please feel free to email me direct. Hans http://home.vicnet.net.au/~cohouse _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/cohousing-l
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