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
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Social Perspective: An Introduction for Psychiatrists and Other Clinicians
  • 1 Social Perspective
  • 2 Socioeconomic Status, Psychiatric Disorder, and Psychological Distress
  • 3 Social Class
  • 4 Growing Inequality: Causes and Consequences
  • 5 Work and Whitehall
  • 6 Links between Socioeconomic Status, Well-Being, and Distress
  • 7 Class Differences in Psychotherapy
  • 8 The DSM, Disorder, and Distress
  • 9 Social Perspective in Practice
  • 10 In Closing.

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