The cyberspace as a possibility for madness: case study of the Mental Health Service Dr. Cândido Ferreira

Authors

  • Denise Cristina Ayres Gomes Federal University of Maranhão image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/c&i.v16i1.23724

Keywords:

Cyberspace. Social Networks. Communication. Psychiatric Reform. Madness.

Abstract

From concepts like liquid modernity (BAUMAN, 2001), complexity (MORIN, 2007a; b), cyberspace and collective intelligence (LÉVY, 2007), convergence culture (JENKINS, 2009) and social networks (RECUERO, 2010), the paper presents a case study on the Health Service Dr. Cândido Ferreira (Campinas-SP). The clinic uses cyberspace to create a network of sociability and reintegrate ex-psychiatric patients in society. The service maintains websites and social networks to create spaces for communication to create spaces for communication between the various social actors and modify the representation of madness in society. The pioneering initiative is founded on the ideals of psychiatric reform and proposes a new dimension to the madness.

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Author Biography

  • Denise Cristina Ayres Gomes, Federal University of Maranhão
    Professora e pesquisadora da Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA); doutoranda em Ciências da Comunicação pela PUCRS, pesquisadora do G. Mídia – CNPQ, mestre em Ciências da Comunicação pela  UNISINOS e jornalista.

Published

2013-09-24

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Artigos

How to Cite

GOMES, D. C. A. The cyberspace as a possibility for madness: case study of the Mental Health Service Dr. Cândido Ferreira. Comunicação & Informação, v. 16, n. 1, p. 23–35, 24 Sep.2013.