Social Perspective: The Missing Element in Mental Health Practice

Richard U'Ren

Published by University of Toronto Press 2011

Social Perspective

The Missing Element in Mental Health Practice

Richard U'Ren

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442695207

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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.

Author / Editor information

U'Ren Richard :

Richard U'Ren is an emeritus professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Oregon Health & Science University.

Reviews

John Frank:
‘This is an enlightening book that even the most psychiatrically critical health practitioners and researchers can read with pleasure… Dr. U’Ren’s book is a very welcome breath of fresh air in a field traditionally rather indifferent to the social determinants of health.’

Lisbeth Uhrskov:
‘This book is a must for anyone working with psychiatric patients, policy makers, and politicians… It makes the reader more humble, understanding and with greater empathy for the burdens of people with mental health problems.’

Leonard Pearlin, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland:
‘Richard U’Ren breathes new life into social psychiatry with this impressive book, which presages further change in the field. Demonstrating an excellent command of a broad sweep of research, he convincingly argues that mental health workers need to take into account the social and economic backgrounds of their clients, the chronic and eventful stressors they experience, and the resources that they are able to call upon in dealing with these hardships. In its scholarly quality, cogency, and argumentation, I have high regard for Social Perspective.’

Lisa Strohschein, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta:
‘Social Perspective is a very important book for those who are trained in the clinical sciences, providing a coherent, complete, and easily digested account of why social structures matter in understanding mental illness.’

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Social Perspective Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2. Socioeconomic Status, Psychiatric Disorder, and Psychological Distress Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
3. Social Class Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
4. Growing Inequality: Causes and Consequences Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
5. Work and Whitehall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
6. Links between Socioeconomic Status, Well-Being, and Distress Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
7. Class Differences in Psychotherapy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
8. The DSM, Disorder, and Distress Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
9. Social Perspective in Practice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
10. In Closing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Appendix: Reading for a Social Perspective Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Keywords: DISCOUNT-B

eBook

Published: April 15, 2016
ISBN: 9781442695207