PubMed · 2361100
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By comparing versions of mental illness narratives - told by Haredi (Utraorthodox Jews) male patients of a mental health clinic in Israel and by their rabbis - this paper relates to two distinct, yet interrelated, theoretical questions: the place and agency of narrators, and the tension between experience and representation. A pair of narratives exemplifies a pattern in which the patients (Talmudic students) tell a narrative of a sudden breakdown related to a dramatic meeting with a non-human figure (often, a woman) or force. Their rabbis, by contrast, tell a narrative that emphasizes their students' mundane symptoms, "abnormal" and "immoral" behavior, and use a local adaptation of a Western psychological explanatory model. A dynamic of inclusion and exclusion emerges as students are seeking legitimization and avoidance of stigma, while their rabbis are silencing themes that challenge social and cultural orders. The different narratives are further interpreted in the context of the micropolitics of the interviews and of identity politics between the Haredim and secular Israelis. This social dynamics shows how differently placed social actors-narrators-interpreters construct differently contested and diverse cultural narratives of a seemingly shared reality.
BACKGROUND: Reaching diverse population subgroups with information about cancer prevention/early detection, pain management, and clinical trials has historically been a significant public health challenge. A partnership between clergy and cancer educators might help reduce this challenge. METHODS: Participating churches were randomized into two programs for delivering cancer education after their church leaders completed a baseline survey about their knowledge, attitudes, and roles related to the cancer ministry. RESULTS: Clergy reported opportunities to use their acquired cancer knowledge, a high receptivity to their information, comfort discussing cancer care and clinical trials, and a strong recommendation that the educational program/partnership continue to be offered.