Social Constructions and Experiences of Madness

Monika dos Santos is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of South Africa. She holds doctoral degrees in Psychology and Clinical Psychology, and is currently completing an MSc in Sustainable Urban Development at the University of Oxford. She is curious about human-environment functioning and psychopathology.Jean-François Pelletier is associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Montreal, full time researcher at Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal, and Assistant Clinical Professor at the Yale School of Medicine, Program for Recovery & Community Health. He holds a doctoral degree (PhD) in political science and maintains an interest in all aspects of citizenship, especially as applied to the field of public mental health.

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