Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

X-Inactivation01:58

X-Inactivation

43.3K
The human X chromosome contains over ten times the number of genes as in the Y chromosome. Since males have only one X chromosome, and females have two, one might expect females to produce twice as many of the proteins, with undesirable results.
43.3K
Retrieval01:12

Retrieval

553
Retrieval is the process of getting information out of memory storage and back into conscious awareness. This ability is essential for daily tasks like brushing hair and teeth, driving to work, and performing job duties. Retrieval occurs in three ways: recall, recognition, and relearning.
Recall involves accessing information without cues, such as during an essay test, where individuals must retrieve facts and concepts from memory unaided. Another example is remembering the name of a colleague...
553
Superposition Theorem01:18

Superposition Theorem

1.9K
The superposition principle is a fundamental concept stating that in a linear circuit, the voltage across (or current through) an element can be determined by summing the individual contributions of each independent source acting in isolation. When dealing with linear circuits containing multiple independent sources, this principle serves as a valuable tool for analysis. To apply the superposition principle effectively, one should focus on a single independent source at a time while...
1.9K
The Scientific Method02:40

The Scientific Method

67.3K
Research is what makes the difference between facts and opinions. Facts are observable realities, and opinions are personal judgments, conclusions, or attitudes that may or may not be accurate. In the scientific community, facts can be established only using evidence collected through empirical research.
67.3K
[3,3] Sigmatropic Rearrangement of 1,5-Dienes: Cope Rearrangement01:21

[3,3] Sigmatropic Rearrangement of 1,5-Dienes: Cope Rearrangement

3.6K
The Cope rearrangement is classified as a [3,3] sigmatropic shift in 1,5-dienes, leading to a more stable, isomeric 1,5-diene. The reaction involves a concerted movement of six electrons, four from two π bonds and two from a σ bond, via an energetically favorable chair-like transition state.
3.6K
Altered States of Awareness01:06

Altered States of Awareness

1.5K
Altered states of consciousness represent significant deviations from one's normal mental state. These deviations can range from subtle changes in awareness to profound transformations in perception, thought processes, and sensory experiences. Altered states of consciousness can be triggered by various factors, including drug use, meditation, hypnosis, illness, or even intense fatigue.
The ingestion of substances like stimulants or hallucinogens leads to chemical alterations in the brain...
1.5K

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Madpessimism: A Manifesto.

Nursing inquiry·2026
Same author

From Medicalization to Structural Response: Reimagining Nursing Practice Through Community-Driven Models of Care.

Issues in mental health nursing·2026
Same author

Toward an ontology of the mutant in the health sciences: Re/defining the person from Cronenberg's perspective.

Nursing inquiry·2023
Same author

Critical ethnography and its others: Entanglement of matter/meaning/madness.

Nursing inquiry·2023
Same author

Infrahuman madness: Mental health nursing and the discursive production of alterity.

Nursing inquiry·2022
Same author

From Subjective Opinion to Medical Fact: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Mental Health Nursing Education.

Issues in mental health nursing·2022

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Apr 10, 2026

Focus Formation: A Cell-based Assay to Determine the Oncogenic Potential of a Gene
08:18

Focus Formation: A Cell-based Assay to Determine the Oncogenic Potential of a Gene

Published on: December 31, 2014

29.0K

Again/st the Mad Subject 1.

Simon Adam1

  • 1York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Nursing Philosophy : an International Journal for Healthcare Professionals
|April 8, 2026
PubMed
Summary

Psychiatry, while contested, governs mental distress through diagnostic classification and coercive care. This analysis reframes it as a humanist apparatus, proposing posthuman nursing practices that move beyond subject-centeredness to render psychiatry irrelevant.

Keywords:
becoming‐imperceptibleescapeidentitymadnessontologyposthumanismsubjectivity

More Related Videos

Dissociation of the Confounding Influences of Expectancy and Integrative Difficulty Residing in Anomalous Sentences in Event-related Potential Studies
05:22

Dissociation of the Confounding Influences of Expectancy and Integrative Difficulty Residing in Anomalous Sentences in Event-related Potential Studies

Published on: May 9, 2019

5.8K
Design and Implementation of an fMRI Study Examining Thought Suppression in Young Women with, and At-risk, for Depression
08:42

Design and Implementation of an fMRI Study Examining Thought Suppression in Young Women with, and At-risk, for Depression

Published on: May 19, 2015

11.3K

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Apr 10, 2026

Focus Formation: A Cell-based Assay to Determine the Oncogenic Potential of a Gene
08:18

Focus Formation: A Cell-based Assay to Determine the Oncogenic Potential of a Gene

Published on: December 31, 2014

29.0K
Dissociation of the Confounding Influences of Expectancy and Integrative Difficulty Residing in Anomalous Sentences in Event-related Potential Studies
05:22

Dissociation of the Confounding Influences of Expectancy and Integrative Difficulty Residing in Anomalous Sentences in Event-related Potential Studies

Published on: May 9, 2019

5.8K
Design and Implementation of an fMRI Study Examining Thought Suppression in Young Women with, and At-risk, for Depression
08:42

Design and Implementation of an fMRI Study Examining Thought Suppression in Young Women with, and At-risk, for Depression

Published on: May 19, 2015

11.3K

Area of Science:

  • Critical theory
  • Mental health nursing
  • Posthumanism

Background:

  • Psychiatry is a dominant, yet contested, framework for understanding mental distress.
  • Existing critiques often rely on humanist assumptions, seeking recognition for a stabilized subject.
  • This overlooks psychiatry's role as a structural determinant of harm and a system of governance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze how mental health nursing is entangled with psychiatric power.
  • To critique psychiatry not as simply helpful or harmful, but as a humanist apparatus of capture.
  • To propose alternative, posthumanist nursing orientations that exceed psychiatric control.

Main Methods:

  • Critical analysis drawing on posthuman and poststructural theories.
  • Examination of psychiatric classification, risk frameworks, and legislative authority in nursing.
  • Theoretical reframing of madness as a destabilizing force, not an identity.

Main Results:

  • Psychiatry systematically produces hierarchies of the human via diagnostic legibility and coercive care.
  • Mental health nursing practices can inadvertently reproduce psychiatric power, even with benevolent intent.
  • Identity-based critiques risk reinforcing the conditions that sustain psychiatric power.

Conclusions:

  • Psychiatry functions as a humanist apparatus that stabilizes subjects for governability.
  • Alternative nursing care should embrace becoming, imperceptibility, and relational ontology.
  • Posthuman nursing can move beyond subject-centeredness, rendering psychiatry irrelevant by exceeding its capture capacity.