For most of us, the term 'recovery' in mental health implies hope and normality for those suffering from emotional distress. It is understandable why recovery has therefore become a significant goal for mental health services. But what does recovery mean for those who are struggling to see it through? Is the emphasis on recovery always a positive thing? This book takes a critical sociological look at personal and public assumptions and understandings. In particular: • It explores what the recovery movement signifies today, offering readers a critical, reflexive view of its scientific, policy and political consequences. • It considers what recovery means from social, medical and patient perspectives, and the implications of these conflicting views, • It reveals some of the risks and benefits for people with mental health problems encountering a system that expects them to recover. Offering a comprehensive and thought-provoking overview of the concept of recovery from mental illness, this book is a must-have for students studying mental health across a range of subjects, including Sociology, Social Work, Psychology and Nursing.

Recovery and Mental Health: A Critical Sociological Account

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Pilgrim, David

Mental Health

Red Globe Press

On the part of the patient, healthcare demands unconditional trust in the professional. But what is the nature of this trust, and to what extent is it justified? How significant is the fallout when it is abused?Incorporating sociological, psychological and philosophical approaches, this book examines notions of trust in the self, others and systems in the field of healthcare. The text explores:-rational and emotional aspects of trust-power balances between the patient and healthcare professional-historical crises of trust in healthcare, considering the impacts andthe lessons learned-means of strengthening public trust in the healthcare system and itsworkforce.Distinctive in its breadth and coverage, Examining Trust in Healthcare provides a multidisciplinary perspective of a key element of patient care. This makes the book fundamental reading for students, academics and professionals across all branches of healthcare, as well as an important resource for those with professional and academic interests in the psychology and sociology of health.

Examining Trust in Healthcare: A Multidisciplinary Perspective

Politics & Social Sciences

Vassilev, Ivaylo

Sociology

Mental Health Policy in Britain: A Critical Introduction

Rogers, Anne

Social Sciences

MACMILLAN PUB. LTD.

Macmillan P.

Mental Health and Inequality

This text, by a well regarded writing team, examines the relationship between the knowledge base of mental health professionals, evidence about inequalities and mental health service utilisation. Starting with a critical appraisal of traditional psychiatric epidemiology, it moves into an exploration of the inequalities created by familial and neighbourhood influences, service contact and challenges during the life span. Controversies in mental health debates, about violence and different forms of psychiatric treatment, are discussed within a framework of social inequalities.

The second edition of this acclaimed book offers a critical analysis of the transition from institutional to community care for people with mental health problems. Despite the almost complete abandonment of the old Victorian asylum system, the powerful cultural legacy of segregation remains potent in modern thought Rogers and Pilgrim analyse the impact of new policies introduced by the Labour government since it came to power in 1997, identifying both the processes and causes of policy change and assessing its value in the context of longer term debates about madness and distress.

Mental Health Policy in Britain

(Open University Press) Univ. of Liverpool, UK. Provides an overview of the major aspects of the sociology of mental health and illness. Discusses dimensions of class, gender, race, and age and the ways in which psychiatric patients and their families can be understood in their social context. For students. Previous edition: c1993. Hardcover, softcover also available.

A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness

Open Univ Pr

A vital text for studying the effects of mental health and illness on a society This bestselling textbook provides a clear overview of the major aspects of the sociology of mental health and illness. In this new edition, the authors update each chapter, taking into consideration recent social science and social psychiatric literature.

Open University Press

How have sociologists theorized and researched mental health and illness? In what ways do sociologists approach this topic differently to those from other disciplines? How do we understand mental health problems in their social context? This bestselling book provides a clear overview of the major aspects of the sociology of mental health and illness, and helps students to develop a critical approach to the subject. In this new edition, the authors update each of the chapters, taking into consideration recent relevant literature from social science and social psychiatry. A new chapter has been included on the impact of stigma, which covers an analysis of the responses of the lay public to mental health and illness and representations of mental health (particularly in the media) in a post-institutional context. A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness is a key teaching and learning resource for undergraduates and postgraduates studying a range of medical sociology and health-related courses, as well as trainee mental health workers in the fields of social work, nursing, clinical psychology and psychiatry.

"A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness is an intellectual 'tour de force'. Rogers and Pilgrim cogently dismantle professional pretensions towards mastery of mental illness, and in their place construct compelling arguments for the need to focus on the social, economic and political determinants of mental well-being." Professor Chris Dowrick, University of Liverpool, UK<li> How do we understand mental health problems and the concept of happiness in their social context? </li>
<li> How have sociologists theorized and researched mental health and illness? A former BMA Medical Book of the Year award winner, this book provides a sociological analysis of major areas of mental health and illness and helps students to develop a critical approach to the subject. This new edition is fully updated, taking into consideration changes in the areas of sociology, social psychiatry and policy analysis and changes to policy and therapeutic law. A new chapter entitled 'public mental health and the pursuit of happiness', reflects the recent focus on the creation of mentally healthy societies.
 A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness 4/e is a key teaching and learning resource for undergraduates and postgraduates studying a range of medical sociology and health-related courses, as well as trainee mental health workers in the fields of social work, nursing, clinical psychology and psychiatry.
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Psychology & Counseling

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Recovery and Mental Health: A Critical Sociological Account

Examining Trust in Healthcare: A Multidisciplinary Perspective

Mental Health Policy in Britain: A Critical Introduction

Mental Health Policy in Britain: A Critical Introduction

Mental Health and Inequality

Mental Health Policy in Britain

A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness

A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness

A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness

A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness