Year
2020
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
School of Health and Society
Abstract
I have been living with schizoaffective disorder for over twenty years. In that time, I have had periods of relative wellness and relative illness. I fight each battle as it comes. I am trying to win my latest battle through my Doctor of Philosophy studies. This thesis takes the form of an anthropological study of mental health. Specifically, an autoethnography of living with schizoaffective disorder, looking at the ways I have been labelled as a lesser human, and understanding that labelling is part of the culture which encompasses it. While the thesis devolves from my unique viewpoint, the autoethnographic methodology that underpins its hypothesis, research, analysis and conclusions bear witness to the common experience of the mental health community.
Recommended Citation
McMahon, Rachael, The silenced manifesto an autoethnography of living with Schizoaffective Disorder, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, School of Health and Society, University of Wollongong, 2020. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses1/792
FoR codes (2008)
1601 ANTHROPOLOGY, 2002 CULTURAL STUDIES
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.