This is a textbook for social work students and practitioners. It explores the complicated relationship between mental conditions and societal issues as well as examining risk and protective factors for the prevalence, course, adaptation to and recovery from mental illness.
This book describes ways in which society shapes the mental health of its members, and shapes the lives of those identified as mentally ill. Experts in the sociology of mental health discuss in depth the interface between society and the inward experiences of its members.
« Mental health practices and programs around the world face growing criticism from policymakers, consumers, and service providers for being ineffective, overly reliant on treatment by professionals, and overly focused on symptoms. Many have called for new paradigms of mental he…
"This is the story of one of the most far-reaching human endeavors in history: the quest for mental well-being. From its origins in the eighteenth century to its wide scope in the early twenty-first, this search for emotional health and welfare has cost billions. In the name of …
"This book critiques the connection between Western society and madness, scrutinizing if and how societal insanity affects the cause, construction, and consequence of madness. Looking beyond the affected individual to their social, political, economic, ecological, and cultural c…
This book critiques the connection between Western society and madness, scrutinizing if and how societal insanity affects the cause, construction, and consequence of madness. Looking beyond the affected individual to their social, political, economic, ecological, and cultural co…
Summarizes recent advances in artificial intelligence as it applies to mental health clinical practice. This book will be of use to mental health practitioners interested in learning about or incorporating AI advances into their practice and for researchers interested in a compr…
Summarizes recent advances in artificial intelligence as it applies to mental health clinical practice. This book will be of use to mental health practitioners interested in learning about or incorporating AI advances into their practice and for researchers interested in a compr…
Summarizes recent advances in artificial intelligence as it applies to mental health clinical practice. This book will be of use to mental health practitioners interested in learning about or incorporating AI advances into their practice and for researchers interested in a compr…
Summarizes recent advances in artificial intelligence as it applies to mental health clinical practice. This book will be of use to mental health practitioners interested in learning about or incorporating AI advances into their practice and for researchers interested in a compr…
