Taking Australia as the focal point, Wright traces the ascendancy of therapeutic culture from 19th-century concerns about nervousness to the growth of psychology, the diffusion of an analytic attitude, and the spread of therapy and counseling. She argues convincingly for a reappraisal of therapeutic culture.

Katie Wright explores how human wellbeing is constructed and how it 'travels' across spatial boundaries. She draws on empirical research, undertaken with Peruvian migrants based in London and Madrid and their Peru-based relatives and close friends to explore how human wellbeing is constructed and how it 'travels' transnationally.

This book is the most comprehensive and detailed look ever taken at the development and makeup of the public health workforce in England. It traces the history of public health in England through to the present day, covering policy changes and alterations in status and public recognition, as well as offering a reflection on the newest changes to the public health system in England and making useful comparisons with the rest of the United Kingdom. The result will be of use to scholars and practitioners alike.

This volume offers a critical rethinking of the construct of youth wellbeing, stepping back from taken-for-granted and psychologically inflected understandings. Wellbeing has become a catchphrase in educational, health and social care policies internationally, informing a range of school programs and social interventions and increasingly shaping everyday understandings of young people. Drawing on research by established and emerging scholars in Australia, Singapore and the UK, the book critically examines the myriad effects of dominant discourses of wellbeing on the one hand, and the social...

The book offers researchers as well as practitioners new perspectives on current approaches to student wellbeing in schools and novel ways of thinking about the wellbeing of young people beyond educational settings.