Mental Health Policy in Britain

ISBN-13: 9780333947920 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 280 str.

Anne Rogers; David Pilgrim

Opis

Recent controversies about mental health services suggest the need for a fuller debate about the management of madness and the reduction of mental distress. Mental Health Policy in Britain helps both students and professionals understand this debate. Comprehensive and accessible, it documents the historical evolution of present services and maps the relationship between local and national government and the key constituencies that shape and respond to shifts in policy.

Spis treści

List of figures and tables.- Preface.- PART 1: UNDERSTANDING POLICY FORMATION.- Policy Formation and Mental Health Services.- Interest Groups and their Perspectives.- PART 2: HISTORICAL CONSIDERATIONS.- The Dominance of the Victorian Asylum.- After the Second World War.- PART 3: POST-INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS.- The Mental Health Professions.- Patients and their Significant Others.- From Mental Illness to Mental Health?.- Primary Care.- Community Mental Health Care.- The Disappearing Institution?.- Questions of Effectiveness.- Past, Present and Future.- Bibliography.- Index

O autorze

ANNE ROGERS is Professor of the Sociology of Health Care at the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre based at the University of Manchester. She was a Reader in Sociology at the University of Manchester for five years.

DAVID PILGRIM is Head of Adult and Forensic Psychology Services, Guild NHS Trust Preston and Professor of Mental Health at the University of Liverpool.