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Mental Health Matters -by Tom Heller, Jill Reynolds, Roger Gomm +2 more
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Book is in very good condition”
- Country of Origin
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780333678480
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan The Limited
ISBN-10
0333678486
ISBN-13
9780333678480
eBay Product ID (ePID)
235086693
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Publication Name
Mental Health Matters
Language
English
Subject
Movements / General, Psychopathology / General, General, Mental Health
Publication Year
1996
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Psychology, Medical
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
20.2 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
10
Intended Audience
College Audience
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Table Of Content
PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL DISTRESS: DEBATES AND THEORIES Introduction Psychological Approaches to Mental Health and Distress; R. Dallos A Psychiatric Perspective on Mental Distress; R.E. Kendall 'Schizophrenia' Re-evaluated; M. Boyle Life Events Loss and Depressive Disorders; G. Browne Transition and Loss; C. Murray Parkes Women and Madness; P. Chesler The Cultural Context of Mental Distress; R. Warner Labelling Mental Illness; T. Scheff On Being Sane in Insane Places; D.L. Rosenhan Reversing Deviance; R. Gomm Some Problematic Aspects of Dementia; T. Kitwood The Families' Experience; D. Jones PART TWO: MENTAL HEALTH POLICY, SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND CIVIL RIGHTS Introduction Mental Health and Inequality; R. Gomm George III and Changing Views of Madness; L. Jones Professionals, the State and the Development of Mental Health Policy; J. Busfield Beyond the Asylum; J. Leff Scare in the Community: Britain in Moral Panic; M. Muijen Media Images of Mental Distress; G. Philo, J. Secker, S. Platt, L. Henderson, G. McLaughlin and J. Burnside Towards Understanding Suicide; S. Taylor and A. Gilmour Two Notions of Risk in Mental Health Debates; D. Pilgrim and A. Rogers The History of Tranquilliser Use; J. Gabe The Black Experience of Mental Health Law; D. Browne The Need to Change Mental Health Law; N. Eastman PART THREE: INVOLVING USERS IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES Introduction The History of the User Movement in the UK; P. Campbell The Lives of 'Users' P. Barham and R. Hayward Structuring Effective User Involvement; G. Maza Mental Health Services that Empower Women; J. Williams and G. Watson Asian Women Speak Out; S. Fenton and A. Sadiq Focusing on Health: Focus Groups for Consulting About Health Needs; M. Tang and C. Cunninghame What Users Want from Crisis Services; L. Sayce, Y. Christie, M. Slade and A. Cobb PART FOUR: EXAMINING PRACTICE Introduction Using Research to Change Practice; G. Parry Reviewing Advances in Psychiatry; R. Ramsay and T. Fahy Normalising Professional Skills; D. Brandon Developing a Bridge to Women's Social Action; S. Holland Working Psychotherapeutically with Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse; F. Gardner Treating Anorexia Nervosa; J. Russell Rehabilitating Voice-Hearers; M. Romme Communicating as if Your Life Depended on It; J. Killick Practising Cultural Psychiatry; S. Acharyya Maintaining an Emergency Service; P. Tyrer Working with Refugees and Survivors of Torture; J. Shackman and J. Reynolds Doing Being Human; T. Heller.
Synopsis
Mental Health Matters is an innovative, interdisciplinary collection of texts which challenge traditional understandings of mental health, emphasising the perspectives of mental health service-users. Combining classic writings about mental health practices and problems from psychiatry, sociology and psychology with specially commissioned new articles, it considers theories and debates in mental health and distress; the social and historical dimensions of mental health; involving users in mental health services and practically improving those services.
LC Classification Number
BF1-990
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