{"id":10322,"date":"2017-10-04T07:57:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T07:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=10322"},"modified":"2017-10-03T23:18:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T23:18:29","slug":"%d0%bd%d0%b5-%d0%b4%d0%b0%d0%b9-%d0%bc%d0%bd%d0%b5-%d0%b1%d0%be%d0%b3-%d1%81%d0%be%d0%b9%d1%82%d0%b8-%d1%81-%d1%83%d0%bc%d0%b0-mental-illness-in-russian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/%d0%bd%d0%b5-%d0%b4%d0%b0%d0%b9-%d0%bc%d0%bd%d0%b5-%d0%b1%d0%be%d0%b3-%d1%81%d0%be%d0%b9%d1%82%d0%b8-%d1%81-%d1%83%d0%bc%d0%b0-mental-illness-in-russian\/","title":{"rendered":"\u041d\u0435 \u0434\u0430\u0439 \u043c\u043d\u0435 \u0411\u043e\u0433 \u0441\u043e\u0439\u0442\u0438 \u0441 \u0443\u043c\u0430: Mental Illness in Russian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mental health is a sensitive subject around the world, and Russian certainly attaches a certain stigma to mental health issues. Read about the different ways to refer to mental health in Russian and learn which expressions to use and which to avoid if you want to talk about this delicate issue with compassion.<\/p>\n

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Image from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n

At Wits’ End<\/h2>\n

The title of this post comes from a poem<\/a> (\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0445\u043e\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435<\/strong>) by Alexander Pushkin (\u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0434\u0440 \u041f\u0443<\/span>\u0448\u043a\u0438\u043d<\/strong>). You can read the English translation here<\/a>. \u0421\u043e\u0439\u0442\u0438<\/span> \u0441 \u0443\u043c\u0430<\/span><\/strong> means “to lose one’s mind;” literally, “to walk off one’s wits.” You may recognize \u0443\u043c<\/strong> \u2014 wit, intelligence \u2014 and \u0443<\/span>\u043c\u043d\u044b\u0439<\/strong>, smart.<\/p>\n

\u0421\u0443\u043c\u0430\u0441\u0448\u0435<\/span>\u0434\u0448\u0438\u0439<\/strong> means crazy. This word has a rather strong negative connotation, and you may not want to use it for a person with a mental health disorder. Another related word is \u0431\u0435\u0437\u0443<\/span>\u043c\u043d\u044b\u0439<\/strong>, insane.<\/p>\n

Other rather derogatory ways of saying “crazy” are \u043d\u0435\u043d\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0439<\/strong> or \u0431\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e<\/span>\u0439 \u043d\u0430 \u0433\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0443<\/strong>. Once again, they are mostly used to deride someone acting erratically rather than refer to an actual diagnosis.<\/p>\n

\u041a\u043e\u043c\u0438\u0301\u0441\u0441\u0438\u044f \u0441\u043c\u043e\u0301\u0442\u0440\u0438\u0442 \u043d\u0430 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f\u0301 \u043a\u0430\u043a \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u0443\u043c\u0430\u0441\u0448\u0435\u0301\u0434\u0448\u0435\u0433\u043e.
\nThe committee looks at me like I’m crazy.
\n[\u0411\u0443\u043b\u0430\u0442 \u041e\u043a\u0443\u0434\u0436\u0430\u0432\u0430. \u041d\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043d\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0441 \u0438\u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0447\u043a\u0438 (1962)]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Image from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n

Mental Health and Stigma<\/h2>\n

Part of the reason it is so hard to talk about mental health in that many of the related words are heavily medicalized. By that I mean, for instance, in English the expression “mental disorder” may refer to such common conditions as anxiety (\u0442\u0440\u0435\u0432\u043e<\/span>\u0433\u0430<\/strong>) or depression (\u0434\u0435\u043f\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u0438\u044f<\/strong>).\u00a0The usual Russian counterpart, \u043f\u0441\u0438\u0445\u0438<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0435 \u0437\u0430\u0431\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435<\/strong> or \u043f\u0441\u0438\u0445\u0438<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0435 \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0439\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/strong>, evokes conditions that are more stigmatized as “abnormal” in Russian society, like bipolar disorder (\u0431\u0438\u043f\u043e\u043b\u044f<\/span>\u0440\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0439\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/strong>) or schizophrenia (\u0448\u0438\u0437\u043e\u0444\u0440\u0435\u043d\u0438<\/span>\u044f<\/strong>). This is doubly true for anything with \u043f\u0441\u0438\u0445\u0438\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0440\/\u043f\u0441\u0438\u0445\u0438\u0430\u0442\u0440\u0438<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439<\/strong> (psychiatrist\/psychiatric).<\/p>\n

The flip side of this is that more “common” conditions like depression, which the speaker may have, are often not seen as a real condition by laypeople. I would often hear people in Russia make fun of Americans who see a counselor (\u043f\u0441\u0438\u0445\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u043e\u0433<\/strong>, often erroneously called \u043f\u0441\u0438\u0445\u043e\u0430\u043d\u0430\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u043a<\/strong>), saying that Americans don’t have real friends\u00a0 who they could talk to about their problems so they have to pay to see someone.<\/p>\n

As a result, it is scary for a Russian person to admit that they or their loved one may have a mental disorder due to the stigma attached to them. After all, \u043f\u0441\u0438\u0445<\/strong> is the equivalent of “psycho,” so it may be odd to be talking about \u043f\u0441\u0438\u0445\u0438<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0435 \u0437\u0434\u043e\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u044c\u0435<\/strong> (mental health). Some organizations refer to mental health as \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0435<\/span>\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0437\u0434\u043e\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u044c\u0435<\/strong> (from \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0430<\/span><\/strong>, soul), which may help overcome the stigma.<\/p>\n

\u041c\u0443\u0436\u0447\u0438\u0301\u043d\u044b \u0447\u0430\u0301\u0449\u0435 \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0434\u0430\u0301\u044e\u0442 \u043e\u0442 \u0441\u0435\u0440\u044c\u0451\u0437\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u043f\u0441\u0438\u0445\u0438\u0301\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u0431\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0301\u0437\u043d\u0435\u0439 \u0438 \u0430\u043b\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0301\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u043f\u0441\u0438\u0445\u043e\u0301\u0437\u043e\u0432.
\nMen suffer from serious mental illness and alcohol-induced psychoses more often.
\n[\u0413\u0440\u0438\u0433\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0439 \u0422\u0430\u0440\u0430\u0441\u0435\u0432\u0438\u0447. 100 \u0440\u0430\u0437\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0438\u0439 \u043c\u0435\u0436\u0434\u0443 \u041c \u0438 \u0416 \/\/ \u00ab\u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0440\u0435\u043f\u043e\u0440\u0442\u0435\u0440\u00bb, 2014]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Have you ever talked about mental health in Russian? What was that like?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"two

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