Mental Health Resilience : The Social Context of Coping with Mental Illness / Abigail Gosselin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gosselin, Abigail, 1977- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental illness--Social aspects.

Mental illness.

Mentally ill--Services for.

Mentally ill.

Mentally ill--Social conditions.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2024]

Summary:

While resilience is traditionally understood as an inner trait that individuals possess inside themselves, Mental Health Resilience argues that resilience should be seen as the product of social factors, where other individuals and institutions provide the resources, opportunities, and support that enable resilience. Resilience is also partly a matter of justice, as people can only be resilient in addressing their vulnerabilities when they are given adequate resources and opportunities, and in just ways. Seen in this light, Abigail Gosselin examines what a person who has mental illness needs to have the resilience required for mental health recovery and for coping with life challenges in general. With its focus on the social and political conditions of resilience, Mental Health Resilience will appeal to fields such as social philosophy, feminist political philosophy, philosophy of psychiatry, medical humanities, bioethics, and disability studies.

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1. Enabling mental health resilience

Chapter 2. Vulnerabilities of mental illness

Chapter 3. Inner resources

Chapter 4. Social support

Chapter 5. Resources for meeting people’s needs

Chapter 6. Resources for social justice

Chapter 7. Opportunities for meaning

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438497822

1438497822

OCLC:

1430658262