Social perspectives in mental health [[electronic resource] ] : developing social models to understand and work with mental distress / / edited by Jerry Tew ; foreword by Judy Foster

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450348103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley, 2005
• ISBN: 1-280-26222-2; 9786610262229; 1-84642-102-0
• Edizione: [1st American pbk. ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): TewJerry <1955->
• Disciplina: 362.2/042
• Soggetti: Mental health - Social aspects; Mental illness - Social aspects; Psychiatric social work; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Social Perspectives in Mental Health: Developing Social Models to Understand and Work with Mental Distress""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Core Themes of Social Perspectives""; ""2. Social Approaches to Madness and Distress: User Perspectives and User Knowledges""; ""3. Beyond Biomedical Models: A Perspective from Critical Psychiatry""; ""4. Power Relations, Social Order and Mental Distress""; ""5. Social Capital and Mental Health""; ""6. The Social/Trauma Model: Mapping the Mental Health Consequences of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Similar Experiences""""7. Finding a Way Forward: A Black Perspective on Social Approaches to Mental Health""; ""8. Women's Mental Health: Taking Inequality into Account""; ""9. The Sickness Label Infected Everything we Said: Lesbian and Gay Perspectives on Mental Distress""; ""10. Approaches to Risk in Mental Health: A Multidisciplinary Discourse""; ""11. Recovery from Mental Breakdown""; ""12. Social Perspectives: Towards a Framework for Practice""; ""CONTRIBUTORS ""; ""SUBJECT INDEX """"AUTHOR INDEX ""
• Sommario/riassunto: Social Perspectives in Mental Health offers new practice frameworks that help to make sense of people's mental distress and recovery in relation to their social experience. This interdisciplinary volume promotes a holistic approach to mental health practice, with an emphasis on recovery and empowerment, and on building on the experiences of service users. The contributors explore the impact of social factors, such as power, abuse, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation, on the causes and experiences of mental health problems. It is also considered how concepts such as risk and recovery can b