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Building a New Community Psychology of Mental Health: Spaces, Places, People and Activities
Carl Walker
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Description for Building a New Community Psychology of Mental Health: Spaces, Places, People and Activities
Hardback. Num Pages: 188 pages, 7 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JKSN; MBPK; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book provides a much-needed account of informal community-based approaches to working with mental distress. It starts from the premise that contemporary mainstream psychiatry and psychology struggle to capture how distress results from complex embodied arrays of social experiences that are embedded within specific historical, cultural, political and economic settings. The authors challenge mainstream understandings of mental health that position a naive public in need of mental health literacy. Instead it is clear that a considerable amount of invaluable mental distress work is undertaken in spaces in our communities that are not understood as mental health treatments. This book represents ... Read more
This book provides a much-needed account of informal community-based approaches to working with mental distress. It starts from the premise that contemporary mainstream psychiatry and psychology struggle to capture how distress results from complex embodied arrays of social experiences that are embedded within specific historical, cultural, political and economic settings. The authors challenge mainstream understandings of mental health that position a naive public in need of mental health literacy. Instead it is clear that a considerable amount of invaluable mental distress work is undertaken in spaces in our communities that are not understood as mental health treatments. This book represents ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
199
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137360984
SKU
V9781137360984
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99-15
About Carl Walker
Carl Walker is Principle Lecturer in Psychology and course leader for the MA Community Psychology at the University of Brighton, UK. Angie Hart is Professor of Child, Family and Community Health at the University of Brighton, UK. Paul Hanna is Chartered Psychologist and Lecturer in Sustainable Tourism at the University of Surrey, UK.
Reviews for Building a New Community Psychology of Mental Health: Spaces, Places, People and Activities
Carl Walker, Angie Hart, and Paul Hanna provide an insightful and at times humorous (Martian visitor) critique of the mental health system in the United Kingdom for people with `mental distress' and `misery.' The authors' utilization of case studies adds a human face to problems and issues confronting individuals with severe and chronic mental illness. While research based, the authors' ... Read more