Key Concepts in Mental Health

Third Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-4462-9390-4
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 169 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 412 g

Reihe: Sage Key Concepts Series

This is the only text to give you a complete, concise overview of mental health and all the issues that surround it from a theoretical and practical point of view. Split into three sections, the book defines mental health and mental illness, examines the services and settings in which mental health care takes place and discusses the societal issues surrounding mental health.

Made up of 63 bite-sized chapters, the book offers:

· Definitions of the key concepts

· Key points that you need to know for your study and practice

· Further reading to help you expand your knowledge

It will be essential reading for students of health, nursing, mental health, social work and social care. It is also valuable reading for students of counselling and psychotherapy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pilgrim, David

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Mental Health and Mental Health Problems
Mental Health
ICD (International Classification of Diseases)
DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual)
Psychological Formulations
The Myth of Mental Illness

Neuroscience
Causes and Consequences of Mental Health Problems
Subjective and Objective Aspects of Mental Health
Madness

Sadness

Fear

Personality Disorders
Self-harm

Substance Misuse

Learning Disability

Physical Health

Wellbeing

Pleasure

Creativity

Spirituality

Lay Views of Mental Health and Illness
Eating Disorders
Part II: 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

The Mental Health Service Users’ Movement
Public Mental Health
Part III: Mental Health and Society
Mental Health Policy

Mental Health Promotion

Segregation

Eugenics

Capacity and Culpability

Anti-psychiatry
Labelling Theory
Attachment Theory
Stigma

Social and Cultural 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 Adversity

The Pharmaceutical Industry
Warfare

Über Autor(innen)

Pilgrim, David
David Pilgrim is Honorary Professor of Health and Social Policy, University of Liverpool, UK and Visiting Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Southampton. After training and working as a clinical psychologist he completed a PhD examining psychotherapy in the organisational setting of the British NHS. He then went on to complete a Master’s in sociology. He has worked at the boundary between clinical psychology and medical sociology for the past 20 years and has produced over 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals, based upon his research into mental health policy and practice. His years working in the British NHS provided him with extensive everyday experience of the theoretical and policy aspects of mental health expressed in practical settings. One of his books, A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness (3rd edition, Open University Press, 2005), co-authored with Anne Rogers, won the British Medical Association’s medical book of the year award for 2006. Currently he is writing a book on child sexual abuse and public policy.