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Bridging Subjectivity and Science: Lived Experience Expands Mental Health Research
Philosopher Anna Bergqvist champions the role of narrative and lived experience in mental health science.
www.madinamerica.com/2023/11/revolutionizing-mental-health-care-the-power-of-shared-decision-making-and-lived-experience/
A new paper by Anna Bergqvist, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University, makes a philosophical case for both the moral and scientific value of the inclusion of lived experience in mental health research.
This approach, she suggests, does not detract from the scientific objectivity of the discipline but rather enhances it by integrating a relational understanding of patients’ experiences. Her work, intersecting aesthetics, moral philosophy, and the philosophy of psychiatry, brings a unique perspective to the understanding of mental health, challenging the traditional boundaries between subjective experiences and objective science.
Bergqvist writes:
“The mistake, I argue, is to think that a commitment to listening to the patient voice in the process of perspective taking implies a threat to ‘objectivity’ in clinical practice and the very concept of evidence in the philosophy of science more generally.”
Instead, she argues “that narrative experience and ‘patient perspective’ should be understood as an ongoing dynamic partnership working between the different stakeholders’ knowledge perspectives.”
By highlighting the importance of lived experience and challenging the notion that its inclusion reduces scientific objectivity, she opens up new avenues for a more inclusive and relational approach to mental health research.
Shared Decision-Making and Relational Moral Agency: On Seeing the Person Behind the ‘Expert by Experience’ in Mental Health Research
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 September 2023
Anna Bergqvist
www.cambridge.org/core/journals/royal-institute-of-philosophy-supplements/article/abs/shared-decisionmaking-and-relational-moral-agency-on-seeing-the-person-behind-the-expert-by-experience-in-mental-health-research/BD8C2DBB7137D44DCBC5477E3EBB4128
Philosopher Anna Bergqvist champions the role of narrative and lived experience in mental health science.
www.madinamerica.com/2023/11/revolutionizing-mental-health-care-the-power-of-shared-decision-making-and-lived-experience/
A new paper by Anna Bergqvist, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University, makes a philosophical case for both the moral and scientific value of the inclusion of lived experience in mental health research.
This approach, she suggests, does not detract from the scientific objectivity of the discipline but rather enhances it by integrating a relational understanding of patients’ experiences. Her work, intersecting aesthetics, moral philosophy, and the philosophy of psychiatry, brings a unique perspective to the understanding of mental health, challenging the traditional boundaries between subjective experiences and objective science.
Bergqvist writes:
“The mistake, I argue, is to think that a commitment to listening to the patient voice in the process of perspective taking implies a threat to ‘objectivity’ in clinical practice and the very concept of evidence in the philosophy of science more generally.”
Instead, she argues “that narrative experience and ‘patient perspective’ should be understood as an ongoing dynamic partnership working between the different stakeholders’ knowledge perspectives.”
By highlighting the importance of lived experience and challenging the notion that its inclusion reduces scientific objectivity, she opens up new avenues for a more inclusive and relational approach to mental health research.
Shared Decision-Making and Relational Moral Agency: On Seeing the Person Behind the ‘Expert by Experience’ in Mental Health Research
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 September 2023
Anna Bergqvist
www.cambridge.org/core/journals/royal-institute-of-philosophy-supplements/article/abs/shared-decisionmaking-and-relational-moral-agency-on-seeing-the-person-behind-the-expert-by-experience-in-mental-health-research/BD8C2DBB7137D44DCBC5477E3EBB4128