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The missing work of collaboration: Using assemblages to rethink antidepressant action
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McLeod, K, The missing work of collaboration: Using assemblages to rethink antidepressant action, Contemporary Drug Problems, 41 pp. 109-142. ISSN 0091-4509 (2014) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
How do antidepressants work? This often-asked question continues
to attract debate. The depressed individual features in many debates
about antidepressants’ action. With this focus, discussion oscillates
over whether antidepressants work to remedy chemical imbalances
in the brains of depressed people, or produce inauthentic states of
being. This article argues shifting the analytic focus away from the
depressed individual and onto the collective body, or assemblage,
moves debates about how antidepressants work into more productive
terrain. This provides a new way of looking at how antidepressants
work to facilitate recovery from depression through a series of
collaborative connections or relationships. Drawing on the charts,
photos, and narratives from research encounters with people who
take antidepressants, the article illustrates how medication
facilitates the creation of active associations in an assemblage of
forces. The article concludes by discussing the new ways of thinking
about depression, medication and recovery suggested by this
understanding of antidepressant action.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Antidepressants, assemblages, Deleuze, qualitative research, Australia |
Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Sociology |
Research Field: | Sociology and social studies of science and technology |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in human society |
UTAS Author: | McLeod, K (Dr Kim McLeod) |
ID Code: | 90807 |
Year Published: | 2014 |
Deposited By: | School of Social Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2014-04-24 |
Last Modified: | 2015-04-29 |
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