Public mental health: science or politics?

Perinatal Mental Health: A Public Health Concern

letter to the editor does not have abstract.

STS as science or politics?

In a recent editorial for this journal, Sergio Sismondo makes two claims. First, he states that STS bears no responsibility for the emergence of post-truth politics. Second, he claims that debates about the nature of expertise that take place within STS are irrelevant in this context. In contrast, we argue that, whether or not STS had a causal influence on the emergence of post-truth politics, ...

The Public Administration of Politics, or What Political Science Could Learn from Public Administration

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Politics and science: reproductive health.

Culture, Politics and Global Mental Health

This paper critically examines some of the assumptions and politics which underlie the global mental health (GMH) movement; and explores the issue of cultural awareness within western psychiatric thinking and practice. The way distress is labelled has a range of consequences for the individual, their family and society, as well as those who may control or negotiate the descriptors used, the act...