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TY - JOUR
T1 - Recovery-as-policy as a form of neoliberal state making
AU - McWade, Brigit
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - In this paper I provide an analysis of the implementation of “recovery” as a policy object and commitment in the UK. This can be situated as part of the New Labour government’s (1997-2010) reform of the NHS during the 2000s. Through a textual analysis of policy and legislation from this time I draw out a tension between contemporary ideals of choice and autonomy in healthcare and the specificities of a mental healthcare system in which psychiatrists are legislatively empowered to treat patients without their consent. In the UK, evidence continues to show that the most economically and socially disadvantaged members of British society are most likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act 2007. This paper provides an intersectional analysis of the ways in which policy, legislation and psychiatrization enact particular subjects as ‘failed’ citizens. Following Tyler (2010; 2013), I argue that these practices of exclusion and detainment are constituent elements of neoliberal state-making, which are discriminatory and unjust.
AB - In this paper I provide an analysis of the implementation of “recovery” as a policy object and commitment in the UK. This can be situated as part of the New Labour government’s (1997-2010) reform of the NHS during the 2000s. Through a textual analysis of policy and legislation from this time I draw out a tension between contemporary ideals of choice and autonomy in healthcare and the specificities of a mental healthcare system in which psychiatrists are legislatively empowered to treat patients without their consent. In the UK, evidence continues to show that the most economically and socially disadvantaged members of British society are most likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act 2007. This paper provides an intersectional analysis of the ways in which policy, legislation and psychiatrization enact particular subjects as ‘failed’ citizens. Following Tyler (2010; 2013), I argue that these practices of exclusion and detainment are constituent elements of neoliberal state-making, which are discriminatory and unjust.
KW - recovery
KW - mental health policy
KW - mental health law
KW - neoliberalism
KW - detention
KW - Mad Studies
M3 - Journal article
VL - 5
SP - 62
EP - 81
JO - Intersectionalities: A Global Journal of Social Work Analysis, Research, Polity and Practice
JF - Intersectionalities: A Global Journal of Social Work Analysis, Research, Polity and Practice
SN - 1925-1270
IS - 3
ER -