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This volume is the first to explore broadly many important theoretical and applied issues concerning the mental health of Appalachians. The authors -- anthropologists, psychologists, social workers and others -- overturn many assumptions held by earlier writers, who have tended to see Appalachia and...

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Other Authors: Keefe, Susan E. (Susan Emley)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Rural conditions.
Mental health.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
human ecology.
social sciences.
health.
sociology.
mental health.
Écologie sociale.
Services de sante mentale.
Prestation de soins.
Sciences sociales.
Services de sante.
Sante.
Sociologie.
Sante mentale.
State Medicine
Social Environment
Appalachian Region
Mental Health
Mental Health Services
Geographicals
Geographic Locations
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Americas
Delivery of Health Care
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services
Population Characteristics
Psychiatry and Psychology
Social Sciences
Health Services
Health
Behavioral Disciplines and Activities
Psychological Phenomena and Processes
Sociology
Social ecology.
Mental health services.
Medical care.
Social sciences.
National health services.
Health.
Sociology.
Social environment > Appalachian Region.
Rural poor > Mental health services > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Rural poor > Mental health > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Rural poor > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Mental health services > Appalachian Region.
Southern Appalachian Region.
Amerique du Nord.
Appalaches (Sud) > Conditions rurales.
North America
United States
North America.
Appalachian Region, Southern > Rural conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This volume is the first to explore broadly many important theoretical and applied issues concerning the mental health of Appalachians. The authors -- anthropologists, psychologists, social workers and others -- overturn many assumptions held by earlier writers, who have tended to see Appalachia and its people as being dominated by a culture of poverty. While the heterogeneity of the region is acknowledged in the diversity of sub-areas and populations discussed, dominant themes emerge concerning Appalachia as a whole. The result of the authors' varied approaches is a cumulative portrait of a st.
Item Description:Comprehensive care in eastern kentucky.
Physical Description:1 online resource (264 pages).
ISBN:9780813158778

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