Aimed specifically at understanding the social context of the serious criminal offender who is deemed to be mentally abnormal, this third edition takes into account major changes in the law, attitudes, research findings and procedures.
Part I Legal and adminstrative frameworks -- 1 Problem areas revisited -- Responsibility (liability) for crime -- 3 Systems of disposal -- Part II Clinical considerations -- 4 Mental disturbance -- 5 Psychopathic disorder : a useful label -- 6 Violence and homicide -- 7 Fire-rai…
Migration and mental health
"Human migration is a global phenomenon and is on the increase. It occurs as a result of 'push' factors (asylum, natural disaster), or as a result of 'pull' factors (seeking economic or educational improvement). Whatever the cause of the relocation, the outcome requires individu…
Human migration is a global phenomenon and is on the increase. It occurs as a result of 'push' factors (asylum, natural disaster), or as a result of 'pull' factors (seeking economic or educational improvement). Whatever the cause of the relocation, the outcome requires individua…
"Human migration is a global phenomenon and is on the increase. It occurs as a result of 'push' factors (asylum, natural disaster), or as a result of 'pull' factors (seeking economic or educational improvement). Whatever the cause of the relocation, the outcome requires individu…
"Human migration is a global phenomenon and is on the increase. It occurs as a result of 'push' factors (asylum, natural disaster), or as a result of 'pull' factors (seeking economic or educational improvement). Whatever the cause of the relocation, the outcome requires individu…
Migration and mental health
by Bhugra, Dinesh, Gupta, Susham
fromCambridge medicine (Series)
"Human migration is a global phenomenon and is on the increase. It occurs as a result of 'push' factors (asylum, natural disaster), or as a result of 'pull' factors (seeking economic or educational improvement). Whatever the cause of the relocation, the outcome requires individu…
Designing and Implementing Dementia Care Services of Excellence describes current developments in the design and configuration of dementia services. It offers an informative and detailed overview of what constitutes high quality care, considering the circumstances patients and c…
Dementia is increasingly and widely recognised as a serious health and social challenge, in the developed world as well as in the developing world. The need therefore to design and implement dementia care services of high quality is becoming more and more vital, particularly giv…
"This book is relevant to all those working with refugees and displaced persons across the mental health disciplines of psychiatry, psychology, and social work, as well as to policy makers and students in these areas."--Résumé de l'éditeur.
Although forced migration is not new in human history it has become, in our time, one of the world's major problems. In the last few decades, armed conflict and political unrest have created vast numbers of asylum seekers, refugees and displaced persons. This has led, in turn to…
"This book is relevant to all those working with refugees and displaced persons across the mental health disciplines of psychiatry, psychology, and social work, as well as to policy makers and students in these areas."--Jacket.