A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness

ISBN-13: 9780335262762 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 288 str.

Anne Rogers

Opis

How do we understand mental health problems in their social context? This book provides a sociological analysis of major areas of mental health and illness. It considers contemporary and historical aspects of sociology, social psychiatry, policy and therapeutic law to help students develop an in-depth and critical approach to this complex subject.

Spis treści

Preface to the fifth edition
Acknowledgements
Perspectives on mental health and illness
Social stratification and mental health
Gender, sexuality and mental health
Race and ethnicity
Age, ageing and mental health
The organization of mental health work
Mental health work and professions
The treatment of people with mental health problems
Prisons, criminal justice and mental health
Mental health and legalism
Stigma and recovery
Users of mental health services
Prevention, public mental health and the pursuit of happiness
References
Index

O autorze

Anne Rogers is Professor of Health Systems Implementation at the University of Southampton, UK.
David Pilgrim is Professor of Health and Social Policy at the University of Liverpool, UK.