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Key concepts in mental health / David Pilgrim.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: SAGE key conceptsPublication details: Los Angeles, Calif. ; London : SAGE, 2009.Edition: 2nd edDescription: ix, 204 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781848608801 (pbk.) :
  • 9781848608795 (hbk.) :
  • 9781848608801 (Paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.2 PIL
LOC classification:
  • RA790
Contents:
PART ONE: MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS Mental Health Psychiatric Diagnosis Psychiatric Epidemiology Functional and Organic Mental Illness The Myth of Mental Illness Madness Sadness Fear Personality Disorders Self Harm Substance Misuse Learning Disability Causes and Constructs Physical Health Wellbeing Pleasure Creativity Spirituality Lay Views of Mental Health and Illness Eating Disorders PART TWO: MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES Primary Care Acute Mental Health Services Forensic Mental Health Services Service User Involvement Carers Mental Health Professionals Biological Interventions Psychological Interventions Financial Aspects of Mental Health The Quality of Mental Health Care Evidence Based Practice Recovery Coercion Corruption of Care Malpractice PART THREE: MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIETY Mental Health Policy Mental Health Promotion Segregation Eugenics Capacity and Culpability Anti-Psychiatry Labelling Theory Stigma Social Capital Social Exclusion Work Risks to and from People with Mental Health Problems The Mass Media Social Models of Mental Health Suicide Cross-Cultural Psychiatry Social Class Race Gender Age Childhood Adveristy The Pharmaceutical Industry Warfare
Summary: Mental health is an area of study which is often bewildering to new students and trainee practitioners. This book provides a guide to the key topics and debates which shape contemporary views about mental health and illness and which govern the provision of services for people with mental health problems.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 362.2 PIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00213016
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 362.2 PIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00213002

Previous ed.: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references.

PART ONE: MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS Mental Health Psychiatric Diagnosis Psychiatric Epidemiology Functional and Organic Mental Illness The Myth of Mental Illness Madness Sadness Fear Personality Disorders Self Harm Substance Misuse Learning Disability Causes and Constructs Physical Health Wellbeing Pleasure Creativity Spirituality Lay Views of Mental Health and Illness Eating Disorders PART TWO: MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES Primary Care Acute Mental Health Services Forensic Mental Health Services Service User Involvement Carers Mental Health Professionals Biological Interventions Psychological Interventions Financial Aspects of Mental Health The Quality of Mental Health Care Evidence Based Practice Recovery Coercion Corruption of Care Malpractice PART THREE: MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIETY Mental Health Policy Mental Health Promotion Segregation Eugenics Capacity and Culpability Anti-Psychiatry Labelling Theory Stigma Social Capital Social Exclusion Work Risks to and from People with Mental Health Problems The Mass Media Social Models of Mental Health Suicide Cross-Cultural Psychiatry Social Class Race Gender Age Childhood Adveristy The Pharmaceutical Industry Warfare

Mental health is an area of study which is often bewildering to new students and trainee practitioners. This book provides a guide to the key topics and debates which shape contemporary views about mental health and illness and which govern the provision of services for people with mental health problems.

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