LEADER 05464nam 22008775 450 001 9910993933203321 005 20260107154707.0 010 $a3-031-78258-5 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-78258-9 035 $a(CKB)38280621100041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-78258-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32004086 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32004086 035 $a(EXLCZ)9938280621100041 100 $a20250408d2025 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aUnder the Gaze of Global Mental Health $eA Critical Reflection /$fby Janaka Jayawickrama, Jerome Wright 205 $a1st ed. 2025. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2025. 215 $a1 online resource (XVII, 149 p. 6 illus.) 225 1 $aThe Politics of Mental Health and Illness,$x2731-5274 311 08$a3-031-78257-7 327 $aChapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: Stress and Distress as Global Health Concerns -- Chapter Three: Coloniality of the Biomedical Model -- Chapter Four: Behind the ?Global Mental Health? Gaze -- Chapter Five: ?Bringing It All Back Home? Coloniality in the UK -- Chapter Six: Beyond Colonial Approaches -- Chapter Seven: Conclusion. 330 $aThis book critically examines how the globalisation of mental health through the dominant medical model has created barriers to understanding and responding to distress with reference to cases from Malawi and Sri Lanka. Its authors argue that mental health must be understood within the overall health of an individual, and individual health is located within the social, political, cultural, economic, and environmental context in which they live. Their analyses demonstrate that supplanting locally developed responses to distress with a Western medicalised model of mental health inhibits a meaningful engagement with individuals and communities in need of care. Further, they argue that this ?supplanting? is analogous with a colonial endeavour, and one which diverts attention from the real problems of development. Across contexts it highlights the difficulties that mental health professionals face in facilitating individuals? capacities within structurally damaging socio-economic environments and increasingly commercially orientated health systems. This book will appeal in particular to students, researchers and practitioners working across the fields of mental health, medical anthropology, social work, and health and development studies. Janaka Jayawickrama is Professor of Social Anthropology in the Department of History, and Director at the Research Centre for Health and Wellbeing at Shanghai University, China. Trained in India, the USA, and UK. he has conducted research and educational activities in many crisis-affected regions in Asia, Africa, and West Asia (Middle East). Janaka is mostly known for his work on concepts of care, health, and wellbeing related to disasters, conflicts, and uneven development. His work on wellbeing, inclusivity, and the need for harmonious relationship with nature has appeared in many anthologies. Jerome Wright is Associate Professor in the Department of Health Sciences, University of York, UK. Over the last two decades Jerome has led a number of research and community health projects in Africa and South Asia, examining the integration of mental health care into primary care and non-communicable disease programmes, and working to develop participative approaches to such initiatives. He continues to collaborate with researchers and international NGOs on mental health and wellbeing initiatives across Africa, the Middle-East and South Asia. 410 0$aThe Politics of Mental Health and Illness,$x2731-5274 606 $aMental health 606 $aCritical psychology 606 $aSocial medicine 606 $aMedical sciences 606 $aSocial service 606 $aEconomic development 606 $aMental Health 606 $aCritical Psychology 606 $aMedical Sociology 606 $aHealth Sciences 606 $aSocial Work 606 $aDevelopment Studies 606 $aSalut mental$2thub 606 $aPsicologia social$2thub 606 $aAntropologia mèdica$2thub 606 $aPsicologia clínica$2thub 607 $aÀfrica$2thub 607 $aÀsia$2thub 607 $aGran Bretanya$2thub 608 $aLlibres electrònics$2thub 615 0$aMental health. 615 0$aCritical psychology. 615 0$aSocial medicine. 615 0$aMedical sciences. 615 0$aSocial service. 615 0$aEconomic development. 615 14$aMental Health. 615 24$aCritical Psychology. 615 24$aMedical Sociology. 615 24$aHealth Sciences. 615 24$aSocial Work. 615 24$aDevelopment Studies. 615 7$aSalut mental 615 7$aPsicologia social 615 7$aAntropologia mèdica 615 7$aPsicologia clínica 676 $a616.89 676 $a362.2 700 $aJayawickrama$b Janaka$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01817210 702 $aWright$b Jerome$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910993933203321 996 $aUnder the Gaze of Global Mental Health$94374748 997 $aUNINA