2021 年 2021 巻 34 号 p. 143-154
The purpose of this paper is to describe the comorbidity of skepticism and dependence on psychiatric diagnoses in terms of methods employed by a patient to adjust to changes in his diagnoses. The sociological perspective of medicalization theory is problematic because it dichotomizes medicine and ordinary life. In addition, this study focuses on the connection between professional and ordinary concepts to describe the activities of a patient in accepting his illness. The study analysis revealed that the patient employs professional and ordinary concepts on a case-to-case basis; it also found that diagnostic concepts do not necessarily suppress the patient’s experience but use it as a resource for reorganizing his experiences in a personal and meaningful manner.