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The short guide to mental health / Deirdre Heenan and Jennifer Betts.
De Gruyter Bristol University Press/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2025 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heenan, Deirdre., author.
- Series:
- Short Guides
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mental health--Great Britain.
- Mental health.
- Mental health services--Great Britain.
- Mental health services.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (0 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Policy Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- This is a concise introduction to important concepts and debates in the field of mental health. Deirdre Heenan brings together different stakeholders' perspectives to explore contemporary issues around the prevalence, cost and determinants of mental illness, and the responding attitudes and services, for a comprehensive and accessible primer.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- The short guide to mental health
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of figures, tables and boxes
- Introduction: Why mental health matters
- 1 Mental health and mental illness
- Introduction
- The meaning of 'mental health'
- Prevalence and impact of mental illness
- Challenges of measurement
- Impact of mental health problems
- Prevalence inflation
- Risk of developing a mental disorder
- UK suicide statistics
- England and Wales
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
- Models of mental health
- The medical and biological models
- The social model
- The psychosocial model
- The biopsychosocial model
- Common mental disorders
- Anxiety disorders
- Depression
- Bipolar disorder
- PTSD
- Schizophrenia
- Eating disorders
- Disruptive behaviour and dissocial disorders
- Neurodevelopmental disorders
- Responses to mental illness
- Medications
- Sedatives
- Antidepressants
- Antipsychotics
- Talking therapies
- Principles of CBT and psychotherapy
- Conclusion
- Further reading
- 2 Development of policy
- History of mental health services
- Mental asylums
- Reform
- Deinstitutionalisation: from asylums to care in the community
- Forensic mental health services
- Legislation on detention of mental health patients
- UK devolved nations
- Wales
- Community care
- Multidisciplinary approach to care delivery
- 3 Organisation of mental health services
- Role of the state in service delivery
- Child and adolescent mental health services
- CAMHS in Northern Ireland
- Community Mental Health Framework for Adults and Older Adults
- The 'no wrong door' approach
- Role of the VCSE sector in service delivery
- Barriers to VCSE sector involvement
- Individual Placement and Support
- ICSs.
- Conclusion
- 4 The rise of the service user movement and the concept of recovery
- Antipsychiatry
- The rise of the user movement
- Mad studies and the mad movement
- Self-.harm and suicide
- Self-.harm
- Suicide
- UK suicide profiles
- Cross-.country comparison
- Suicide prevention strategies
- England
- VCSE sector role in suicide prevention
- Person-.centred care and co-.production
- Concept of recovery
- ImROC
- Recovery colleges
- 5 Social determinants of mental health
- The need to recognise the social determinants of mental health
- Addressing the social determinants of mental health
- Age
- Education
- Reduced stress
- Social and psychological skills
- Social networks
- Knowledge and skills
- Ethnicity
- Gender
- Economic circumstances
- Neighbourhood
- Environmental events
- 6 Stigma
- Nature of stigma
- Types of stigma
- Public stigma
- Self-.stigma
- Institutional stigma
- The impact of stigma
- Employment and stigma
- Language and stigma
- Common misconceptions and myths about mental health
- Toxic masculinity
- Campaigns to address stigma
- Anti-.stigma interventions for healthcare professionals
- 7 The media and mental health
- Media stigmatisation of mental illness
- Nonfiction representations
- Fiction representations
- Social media
- Oversimplification and trivialisation of mental illness
- Portrayal of gender and mental illness
- Portrayal of suicide and self-.harm
- Cyberbullying of children and young people
- Safe and responsible media coverage
- Impact of social media on mental health
- Body image
- FOMO
- Conclusion.
- Glossary
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781447370345
- 1447370341
- OCLC:
- 1501762048
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