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Key concepts in mental health

By: Series: SAGE Key ConceptsPublication details: London : SAGE Publications, 2023Edition: 6th edDescription: xiv, 285p. : 25cmISBN:
  • 9781529603767
  • 9781529603774
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WM 105
Contents:
PART 1: Mental health -- Mental health -- Wellbeing -- Philosophical aspects of mental health -- Work -- Neuroscience -- Subjective and objective aspects of mental health -- Sadness -- Fear -- Physical health -- Pleasure -- Creativity -- Spirituality -- Public mental health -- Childhood adversity -- Attachment theory -- Mental health promotion -- PART 2: Mental Abnormality -- Psychiatric classification -- Lay views of mental disorders -- The biopsychosocial model -- Madness -- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Temporo-spatial aspects of mental abnormality -- Challenging conduct in adults and children -- Self-harm -- Substance misuse -- Intellectual disability -- Causes and consequences of mental health problems -- Trauma -- Psychological formulations -- The myth of mental illness -- PART 3: Mental health services -- Primary care -- Secondary prevention -- Acute mental health services -- Forensic mental health services -- The mental health service users’ movement -- Service-user involvement -- Carers -- Mental health professionals -- Biological interventions -- Psychological interventions -- Economic aspects of mental health -- The quality of mental health care -- Evidence-based practice -- Recovery -- Coercion -- Corruption of care -- Malpractice -- Challenges for practitioners -- PART 4: Mental health and society -- Mental health policy -- Segregation -- Eugenics -- Capacity and culpability -- Anti-psychiatry -- Labelling theory -- Stigma -- Social and cultural capital -- Social Exclusion -- Social networks and mental health -- Loneliness -- The mental health impact of social media -- Risks to and from people with mental health problems -- The mass media -- Social models of mental health -- Suicide -- Social class -- Race -- Gender/sex -- Age -- The pharmaceutical industry -- Warfare.
Summary: A classic and long-trusted resource that provides short summaries of all the key theories, concepts and terminology associated with mental health. Each entry is neatly summarised and thoroughly referenced giving the reader an immediate and thorough entry point to the subject. Structured into four sections, the text starts with entries related to Mental Health and Mental Abnormality, before moving onto Mental Health Services and Society. The new edition offers: • 70 concise chapters including new entries on social networks and loneliness • Updates across all chapters to align with contemporary, critical debates in mental health • Appropriate consideration of the intersection of Covid-19 and mental health An essential guide for students of mental health studies, health, nursing, social work, education, psychology, counselling and psychotherapy.
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PART 1: Mental health -- Mental health -- Wellbeing -- Philosophical aspects of mental health -- Work -- Neuroscience -- Subjective and objective aspects of mental health -- Sadness -- Fear -- Physical health -- Pleasure -- Creativity -- Spirituality -- Public mental health -- Childhood adversity -- Attachment theory -- Mental health promotion -- PART 2: Mental Abnormality -- Psychiatric classification -- Lay views of mental disorders -- The biopsychosocial model -- Madness -- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Temporo-spatial aspects of mental abnormality -- Challenging conduct in adults and children -- Self-harm -- Substance misuse -- Intellectual disability -- Causes and consequences of mental health problems -- Trauma -- Psychological formulations -- The myth of mental illness -- PART 3: Mental health services -- Primary care -- Secondary prevention -- Acute mental health services -- Forensic mental health services -- The mental health service users’ movement -- Service-user involvement -- Carers -- Mental health professionals -- Biological interventions -- Psychological interventions -- Economic aspects of mental health -- The quality of mental health care -- Evidence-based practice -- Recovery -- Coercion -- Corruption of care -- Malpractice -- Challenges for practitioners -- PART 4: Mental health and society -- Mental health policy -- Segregation -- Eugenics -- Capacity and culpability -- Anti-psychiatry -- Labelling theory -- Stigma -- Social and cultural capital -- Social Exclusion -- Social networks and mental health -- Loneliness -- The mental health impact of social media -- Risks to and from people with mental health problems -- The mass media -- Social models of mental health -- Suicide -- Social class -- Race -- Gender/sex -- Age -- The pharmaceutical industry -- Warfare.

A classic and long-trusted resource that provides short summaries of all the key theories, concepts and terminology associated with mental health. Each entry is neatly summarised and thoroughly referenced giving the reader an immediate and thorough entry point to the subject.

Structured into four sections, the text starts with entries related to Mental Health and Mental Abnormality, before moving onto Mental Health Services and Society.

The new edition offers:

• 70 concise chapters including new entries on social networks and loneliness
• Updates across all chapters to align with contemporary, critical debates in mental health
• Appropriate consideration of the intersection of Covid-19 and mental health

An essential guide for students of mental health studies, health, nursing, social work, education, psychology, counselling and psychotherapy.

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