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Mental health and social problems : a social work perspective / edited by Nina Rovinelli Heller and Alex Gitterman.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Routledge, 2011.Description: xv, 514 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780415493871 (pbk.) :
  • 9780415493864 (hbk.) :
  • 9780203840603 (ebook) :
  • 9780415493871 (Paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.2042 HEL
LOC classification:
  • HV689 .M46 2011
Contents:
1.Introduction to social problems and mental health/illness. Nina Rovinelli Heller and Alex Gitterman -- Part I.Social problems and mental health/illness -- 2.Oppression and stigma and their effects. Amy C. Watson and Shaun M. Eack -- 3.Poverty and its effects. Mark R. Rank -- 4.Racism and its effects. Dennis Miehls -- 5.War and its effects. Scott Harding -- 6.Homelessness and its effects. Judith Bula Wise -- 7.Corrections and its effects. Rudolph Alexander, Jr. -- 8.Immigration and its effects. Gregory Acevedo and Manny J. Gonza�lez -- 9.Child maltreatment and its effects. Carolyn Knight -- 10.Intimate partner violence and its effects. Bonnie E. Carlson -- 11.Community violence exposure and its effects. Vanessa Vorhies, Neil B. Guterman, and Muhammad M. Haj-Yahia -- Part II.Mental health conditions -- 12.Autism spectrum conditions. Joseph Walsh and Jacqueline Corcoran -- 13.Executive function conditions and self-deficits. Joseph Palombo -- 14.Oppositional defiant and conduction conditions. Amanda N. Barczyk and David W. Springer -- 15.Mood conditions. Ellen Smith -- 16.Anxiety conditions. Nina Rovinellli Heller and Lisa Werkmeister Rozas -- 17.Eating conditions. Danna Bodenheimer and Nina Rovinelli Heller -- 18.Personality conditions. Terry B. Northcut -- 19.Psychotic conditions. Ellen P. Lukens and Lydia P. Ogden -- 20.Substance abuse. Meredith Hanson -- 21.Dementia and related problems in cognition and memory. Sara Sanders and Joelle K. Osterhaus.
Summary: This is a textbook for social work students and practitioners. It explores the complicated relationship between mental conditions and societal issues as well as examining risk and protective factors for the prevalence, course, adaptation to and recovery from mental illness.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Introduction to social problems and mental health/illness. Nina Rovinelli Heller and Alex Gitterman -- Part I.Social problems and mental health/illness -- 2.Oppression and stigma and their effects. Amy C. Watson and Shaun M. Eack -- 3.Poverty and its effects. Mark R. Rank -- 4.Racism and its effects. Dennis Miehls -- 5.War and its effects. Scott Harding -- 6.Homelessness and its effects. Judith Bula Wise -- 7.Corrections and its effects. Rudolph Alexander, Jr. -- 8.Immigration and its effects. Gregory Acevedo and Manny J. Gonza�lez -- 9.Child maltreatment and its effects. Carolyn Knight -- 10.Intimate partner violence and its effects. Bonnie E. Carlson -- 11.Community violence exposure and its effects. Vanessa Vorhies, Neil B. Guterman, and Muhammad M. Haj-Yahia -- Part II.Mental health conditions -- 12.Autism spectrum conditions. Joseph Walsh and Jacqueline Corcoran -- 13.Executive function conditions and self-deficits. Joseph Palombo -- 14.Oppositional defiant and conduction conditions. Amanda N. Barczyk and David W. Springer -- 15.Mood conditions. Ellen Smith -- 16.Anxiety conditions. Nina Rovinellli Heller and Lisa Werkmeister Rozas -- 17.Eating conditions. Danna Bodenheimer and Nina Rovinelli Heller -- 18.Personality conditions. Terry B. Northcut -- 19.Psychotic conditions. Ellen P. Lukens and Lydia P. Ogden -- 20.Substance abuse. Meredith Hanson -- 21.Dementia and related problems in cognition and memory. Sara Sanders and Joelle K. Osterhaus.

This is a textbook for social work students and practitioners. It explores the complicated relationship between mental conditions and societal issues as well as examining risk and protective factors for the prevalence, course, adaptation to and recovery from mental illness.

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