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""This book wins on two levels: not only is there an extensive range of concepts presented (including some that are unexpected yet clearly relevant), there is also a succinct, thorough and critical dissection of each. Recommended, if not essential, reading for all student mental health professionals."" - Dr Steven Pryjmachuk, Head of Mental Health Division, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester Mental health is an area that new students and trainee practitioners often find bewildering. This book cuts through the stigma associated with this topic. It delivers bite-sized chunks of information that cover the central concepts and debates which shape contemporary views about mental health and illness. As this book shows, these key concepts not only influence our understanding of mental health, but also govern the provision of services for people with mental-health problems. Drawing together perspectives from sociology, psychiatry, psychology and ethics, the vital topics in mental health are examined in three parts: - PART ONE: Mental Health and Mental-Health Problems explores theories and understandings of mental health and illness - PART TWO: Mental Health Services looks at the structure and organization of mental health service delivery, past and present - PART THREE: Mental Health and Society studies the social context. This new edition adds 10 new concepts as well as updating the previous entries. New topics include childhood adversity, recovery, spirituality, well-being, social and cultural capital, quality of mental-health services, evidence-based practice, and work and mental health. This book will be invaluable for trainee health professionals, including clinical psychologists, social workers, nurses, counsellors and psychotherapists.

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Author:   David Pilgrim
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Ltd
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Ltd
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9781848608801

ISBN 10:   1848608802
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   13 November 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   9781446293904
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of 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 Well-Being 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 Adversity The Pharmaceutical Industry Warfare

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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.

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