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Record Nr.

UNINA9910142453903321

Titolo

Psychiatry in society / / edited by Norman Sartorius ... [et al.] [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, U.K. ; ; New York, : John Wiley, c2002

ISBN

0-470-84648-8

9786610101306

0-470-35324-4

1-280-10130-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 291 p. )

Altri autori (Persone)

SartoriusN

Disciplina

362.2/042

Soggetti

Psychiatry - Social aspects

Mental Health

Mental Health Services

Psychiatry

Sociology, Medical

Congress.

Electronic books

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Based in part on presentations delivered at the 11th World Congress of Psychiatry (Hamburg, Germany, August 6-11, 1999)"--P. x.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Impact of Sociocultural and Economic Changes on Psychiatry / Leon Eisenberg -- Changes in Health Care Systems and Their Impact on Mental Health Care / Heinz Hafner -- Globalization and Mental Health / Glyn Lewis, Ricardo Araya -- The Impact of Legislation on Mental Health Policy / Jose M. Bertolote, Jose G. Taborda, Julio Arboleda-Florez, Francisco Torres -- The New Ethical Context of Psychiatry / Ahmed Okasha -- Community Mental Health Care: Promises and Pitfalls / Paul Bebbington, Sonia Johnson, Graham Thornicroft -- Quality of Life: A New Dimension in Mental Health Care / Heinz Katschnig, Monika Krautgartner -- Mental Health Problems in Refugees / Benedetto Saraceno, Shekhar Saxena, Pallab K. Maulik -- The Homeless Mentally Ill / Viviane Kovess -- Mental Health Consequences of Disasters / Evelyn J. Bromet, Johan M. Havenaar -- Mass Media and Psychiatry /



Olga Cuenca.

Sommario/riassunto

Psychiatry in Society provides an overview of the recent socio-economic and cultural changes affecting mental health and mental health care.  These changes include: * The increasing complexity of the economic contexts within which mental health services are funded and delivered * The demand for cost-effectiveness evidence * The rationing of access to new pharmacotherapies and psychotherapies * The emergence of quality of life as an essential criterion in the assessment of health care interventions * The growing awareness of the influence of stigma on shaping the long-term course of severe mental disorders * The enhanced role of advocacy groups in providing information, advice and support to sufferers  This book will be of interest to psychiatrists and psychologists, mental health workers, managers and policy makers.