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Principles of social psychiatry /
Social psychiatry is concerned with the effects of the social environment on the mental health of the individual, and with the effects of the person with a mental disorder on his/her social environment. The field encompasses social interventions, prevention and the promotion of mental health. This n...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ :
Wiley-Blackwell,
©2010.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Social psychiatry is concerned with the effects of the social environment on the mental health of the individual, and with the effects of the person with a mental disorder on his/her social environment. The field encompasses social interventions, prevention and the promotion of mental health. This new edition of Principles of Social Psychiatry provides a broad overview of current thinking in this expanding field and will be a source of ideas both for research and for the management of mental disorder. It opens by putting social psychiatry in perspective, within both psychiatry and the social sciences. From the patient's perspective, the outermost influence is the culture in which they live, followed by their neighbourhoods, workmates, and friends and family. The next section considers how we conceptualize the social world, from families through cultural identity and ethnicity to the wider social environment. The book reviews the social determinants and consequences of the major mental disorders before considering interventions and service delivery at various levels to mitigate these. It closes with a review of the social impact of mental illness around the world and a thoughtful essay by the editors on the current state of social psychiatry and where it is heading. "As an introduction to the field, there is nothing to better it. The contributions are scholarly, lucid and extremely well referenced. This is a book that I will recommend widely as an up to date synopsis of a complex and fascinating field of psychiatry."--Jacket. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 586 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470684214 0470684216 9780470684221 0470684224 1282550616 9781282550612 9786612550614 6612550619 |