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A historical perspective on mental health: Proposal for a dialogue between history and psychology.
History of Psychology ( IF 0.838 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-01 , DOI: 10.1037/hop0000139
Inbar Graiver

This contribution aims to promote a dialogue between history and psychology by outlining a direction for future research at the intersection of these disciplines. In particular, it seeks to demonstrate the potential contributions of history to psychology by employing the category of mental health in a historical context. The analysis focuses on notions of psychological health that were developed in late antiquity, especially the equation between "health of the soul" and dispassion (apatheia) within the Christian monastic movement. This theologically informed notion of what constitutes positive human functioning and well-being is examined in view of modern attempts, in mainstream and positive psychology, to define mental health. The optimism concerning the naturalness of virtue and the malleability of human nature that underlies late antique notions of "health of the soul" becomes noticeable in its absence once we turn to modern notions of mental health. It thus provides an illuminating counter-example against which to compare and analyze modern attempts to define mental health. A comparison of these alternative notions human flourishing offers an opportunity to reflect on and test the validity of contemporary attempts to define this condition in a culturally sensitive manner. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译:

关于心理健康的历史观点:关于历史与心理学之间对话的建议。

这项贡献旨在通过概述这些学科交叉领域的未来研究方向来促进历史与心理学之间的对话。特别是,它试图通过在历史背景下采用精神卫生类别来证明历史对心理学的潜在贡献。该分析着重于上古晚期发展出的心理健康概念,尤其是基督教修道运动中“灵魂健康”与无视(无神论)之间的等式。鉴于现代人在主流和积极心理学中尝试定义心理健康,研究了从神学角度出发关于什么构成积极的人类功能和幸福的概念。一旦我们转向心理健康的现代观念,关于美德的自然性和人性的可塑性的乐观主义就成为后来的“灵魂健康”的古老观念的根基。因此,它提供了一个启发性的反例,可以用来比较和分析现代定义心理健康的尝试。对这些人类蓬勃发展的替代概念的比较提供了一个机会,可以反思并检验当代以文化敏感的方式定义这种状况的尝试的有效性。(PsycInfo数据库记录(c)2021 APA,保留所有权利)。因此,它提供了一个启发性的反例,可以用来比较和分析现代定义心理健康的尝试。对这些人类蓬勃发展的替代概念的比较提供了一个机会,可以反思并检验当代以文化敏感的方式定义这种状况的尝试的有效性。(PsycInfo数据库记录(c)2021 APA,保留所有权利)。因此,它提供了一个启发性的反例,可以用来比较和分析现代定义心理健康的尝试。对这些人类蓬勃发展的替代概念的比较提供了一个机会,可以反思并检验当代以文化敏感的方式定义这种状况的尝试的有效性。(PsycInfo数据库记录(c)2021 APA,保留所有权利)。
更新日期:2021-02-01
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