Social Perspective : The Missing Element in Mental Health Practice /

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"Social Perspective explores the impact of social factors on individual health, a topic often overlooked in the practice of psychiatry, psychology, and medicine. Richard U'Ren synthesizes viewpoints and information usually dispersed among many disciplines to show how social roles, politica...

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Main Author: U'Ren, Richard C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2011
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social psychiatry.
Mental illness > Social aspects.
Mental health > Social aspects.
Health > Social aspects.
Equality > Health aspects.
PSYCHOLOGY > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Illness.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Health.
MEDICAL > Mental Health.
social psychology.
mental health.
Psychologie sociale.
Sante mentale.
Sante > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Sante mentale > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Maladies mentales > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Psychiatrie sociale > États-Unis.
Socioeconomic Factors
Psychology, Social
Mental Health
Mental Disorders > psychology
Social psychology.
Mental health.
Equality > Health aspects > United States.
Health > Social aspects > United States.
Mental health > Social aspects > United States.
Mental illness > Social aspects > United States.
Social psychiatry > United States.
United States.
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Social Perspective explores the impact of social factors on individual health, a topic often overlooked in the practice of psychiatry, psychology, and medicine. Richard U'Ren synthesizes viewpoints and information usually dispersed among many disciplines to show how social roles, political-economic conditions, and the social stratification system all contribute to individual well-being or disorder. U'Ren investigates how access to income, education, and social affiliations buffers individuals against stress and facilitates coping. He demonstrates that those who lack access to such resources suffer the poorest health and the greatest mental distress - a problem that has only grown more challenging with rising inequality. Adding a new dimension to understandings of mental health, mental illness, and psychological distress, Social Perspective offers clinicians a concise account of society's impact on the individual."--Pub. desc.
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9781442695207

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