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Record Nr.

UNINA9910253320803321

Titolo

The Palgrave Handbook of Adult Mental Health / / edited by Michelle O'Reilly, Jessica Nina Lester

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-78684-173-8

1-137-49685-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XLVI, 704 p.)

Collana

Palgrave Handbooks

Disciplina

616.89

Soggetti

Psychology—Methodology

Psychological measurement

Clinical psychology

Critical psychology

Experiential research

Sociolinguistics

Developmental psychology

Psychological Methods/Evaluation

Clinical Psychology

Critical Psychology

Psychology Research

Developmental Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This Handbook gathers together empirical and theoretical chapters from leading scholars and clinicians to examine the broad issue of adult mental health. The contributors draw upon data from a variety of contexts to illustrate the multiple ways in which language as action can assist us in better understanding the discursive practices that surround adult mental health. Conversation and discourse analysis are useful, related approaches for the study of mental health conditions,



particularly when underpinned by a social constructionist framework. In the field of mental health, the use of these two approaches is growing, with emergent implications for adults with mental health conditions, their practitioners, and/or their families. Divided into four parts; Reconceptualising Mental Health and Illness; Naming, Labelling and Diagnosing; The Discursive Practice of Psychiatry; and Therapy and Interventions; this Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of current debates regarding adult mental health.