Social Perspective: The Missing Element in Mental Health Practice

Social Perspective: The Missing Element in Mental Health Practice

presented by Richard U'Ren, 1939- (Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 2011, originally published 2011), 232 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary
Social Perspective explores the impact of social factors on individual health, a topic often overlooked in the practice of psychiatry, psychology, and medicine. Richard U'Ren synthesizes viewpoints and information usually dispersed among many disciplines to show how social roles, political-economic conditions, and the social stratification system all contribute to individual well-being or disorder. U'Ren investigates how access to income, education, and social affiliations buffers individuals against stress and facilitates coping. He demonstrates that those who lack access to such resources suffer the poorest health and the greatest mental distress — a problem that has only grown more challenging with rising inequality. Adding a new dimension to understandings of mental health, mental illness, and psychological distress, Social Perspective offers clinicians a concise account of society's impact on the individual.
Field of Interest
Social Work
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 University of Toronto Press
Content Type
Book
Duration
0 sec
Format
Text
Original Publication Date
2011
Page Count
232
Publication Year
2011
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Place Published / Released
Toronto, ON
Subject
Social Work, Social Sciences, Psychology & Counseling, Mental Health, History of Social Work, Poverty, Social classes, Distribution of wealth, Mental illnesses, Mental health, Health care issues, Macro
Clinician
Richard U'Ren, 1939-

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