The impact of the environment on psychiatric disorder / edited by Hugh Freeman and Stephen Stansfeld.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Freeman, Hugh L. (Hugh Lionel)

Stansfeld, Stephen A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental health--Environmental aspects.

Mental health.

Mental illness--Environmental aspects.

Mental illness.

Environment.

Mental Disorders--etiology.

Risk Factors.

Social Environment.

Socioeconomic Factors.

Medical Subjects:

Environment.

Mental Disorders--etiology.

Risk Factors.

Social Environment.

Socioeconomic Factors.

Physical Description:

x, 330 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.

Summary:

The Impact of the Environment on Psychiatric Disorder explores the relationship between the environment and mental health, and suggests that environmental factors can play a role in the causation of psychiatric illness.

Hugh Freeman and Stephen Stansfeld bring together experts from the field to discuss a range of physical and social environmental settings that are linked to psychiatric disorders. International contributors discuss topics including: psychosocial processes linking the environment and mental health, gene-environment interactions, urban-rural differences, social support, migration, how noise affects psychiatric disorders.

The book closes with a discussion of how disasters such as global warming and terrorism can affect mental health, and highlights the risks and protective factors for psychiatric disorders following such events.

The Impact of the Environment on Psychiatric Disorder illuminates the wide range of ways in which it is possible for the environment to influence mental health. It will appeal to both academics and professionals, and will interest anyone concerned with connections between the environment and mental health.

Contents:

Gene-environment interactions in mental disorders: a current view / Ming T. Tsuang, William S. Stone and Jennifer M. Johnston

Geographical perspectives on psychiatric disorder / Sarah Curtis

Urban-rural differences, socio-economic status and psychiatric disorder / Stephen Stansfeld ... [et al.]

Psychosocial processes linking the environment and mental health / Gary W. Evans and Stephen J. Lepore

Social support, environment and psychiatric disorder / Traolach Brugha, Stephen Stansfeld and Hugh Freeman

Migration and mental health / Kamaldeep Bhui

Housing and mental health / Hugh Freeman

Noise and psychiatric disorder / Stephen Stansfeld and Charlotte Clark

Seasonality and mental health: mood disorders, suicide, and schizophrenia / John McGrath and Gordon Parker

Psychiatric morbidity following disasters: epidemiology, risk, and protective factors / Alexander C. McFarlane.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415116183

041511618X

9780203087800

0203087801

OCLC:

171258233