Naomi Baes
Australia, Melbourne
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PhD Candidate | NLP • Psychology
Studying how mental health concepts shift in meaning over time
SIBling & LSC-Eval: frameworks for modeling and evaluating LSC
Articles by Naomi Baes
Mental illness, psychiatric disorder or psychological problem. What should we call mental distress?
We talk about mental health more than ever, but the language we should use remains a vexed issue. Should we call people who seek help patients, clients or consumers? Should we use “person-first” expressions such as person with autism or “identity-first” expressions like autistic person? Should we apply or avoid diagnostic labels? These questions often stir up strong feelings. Some people feel that patient implies being passive and subordinate.
Mental illness, psychiatric disorder or psychological problem. What should we call mental distress?
We talk about mental health more than ever, but the language we should use remains a vexed issue. Should we call people who seek help patients, clients or consumers? Should we use “person-first” expressions such as person with autism or “identity-first” expressions like autistic person? Should we apply or avoid diagnostic labels? These questions often stir up strong feelings. Some people feel that patient implies being passive and subordinate.
What should we call mental ill health? Historical shifts in the popularity of generic terms
Citation: Haslam N, Baes N (2024) What should we call mental ill health? Historical shifts in the popularity of generic terms. PLOS Ment Health 1(1): e0000032. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmen.0000032 Editor: Vitalii Klymchuk, University of Luxembourg: Universite du Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG Received: January 17, 2024; Accepted: March 7, 2024; Published: June 4, 2024 Copyright: © 2024 Haslam, Baes.
Exploring the common good through social psychology
Some topics are hard to define. They are nebulous; their meanings are elusive. Topics relating to morality fit this description. So do those that are subjective, meaning different things to different people in different contexts. In our recently published paper, we targeted the nebulous concept of the “common good”.
What does the 'common good' actually mean? Research finds common ground across the political divide Original
Some topics are hard to define. They are nebulous; their meanings are elusive. Topics relating to morality fit this description. So do those that are subjective, meaning different things to different people in different contexts.
What does the ‘common good’ actually mean? Our research found common ground across the political divide Original
Some topics are hard to define. They are nebulous; their meanings are elusive. Topics relating to morality fit this description. So do those that are subjective, meaning different things to different people in different contexts. In our recently published paper, we targeted the nebulous concept of the “common good”.
New study investigates whether we think about anxiety and depression differently now
Following COVID, mental health is front and center in the public consciousness. Traditional and social media are awash with stories about new treatments, alarming increases in the prevalence of mental health problems and deficiencies in the mental health system. Personal accounts of living with mental health problems are being shared as never before. This increased attention is likely to have many positive effects.
Do we think about anxiety and depression differently now?
Following COVID, mental health is front and centre in the public consciousness. Traditional and social media are awash with stories about new treatments, alarming and deficiencies in the mental health system. Personal accounts of living with mental health problems are being shared as never before. This increased attention is likely to have many positive effects. Growing public awareness should help boost mental health literacy, reduce stigma and encourage people to seek appropriate help.
Have the concepts of ‘anxiety’ and ‘depression’ been normalized or pathologized? A corpus study of historical semantic change
Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Abstract Research on concept creep indicates that the meanings of some psychological concepts have broadened in recent decades. Some mental health-related concepts such as ‘trauma’, for example, have acquired more expansive meanings and come to refer to a wider range of events and experiences. ‘Anxiety’ and ‘depression’ may have undergone similar semantic inflation, driven by rising public attention and awareness.
The proliferation of trauma online
TikToks with #trauma have over 21.7 billion views as of June 2023, a steep increase from May 2022 when the tag had 9.2 billion views ( Vice, 2022). Delving deeper into the traumatok wormhole, we see TikTok users referencing trauma loosely to classify a range of experiences.
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