Neil Thompson

Mental Health and Well-Being (eBook, ePUB)

Alternatives to the Medical Model

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Mental Health and Well-Being provides a sound foundation for understanding alternatives to the medical model of mental health.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351123884
• Artikelnr.: 54554545

Autorenporträt

Neil Thompson PhD, DLitt, is an independent writer, educator and adviser with extensive experience in the human services. Formerly a university professor, he now helps individuals and organizations to maximize learning.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Acknowledgments. About the Author. Introduction I. Constructing
Mental Illness 1. From Demons to Drugs 2. Freud and His Followers 3.
Asylums and Axe Murderers 4. Pills and Policing II. Deconstructing Mental
Illness 5. The Interactionist Critique 6. The Anti-Psychiatry Critique 7.
The Post-Structuralist Critique 8. The Flawed Science Critique III.
Theorizing Mental Health and Well-being 9. Madness and Meaning 10. Selfhood
and Society 11. Roles and Responsibility 12. Society and Spirituality IV.
Promoting Mental Health and Well-being 13. Individual Responses 14. Group
Responses 15. Community-based Responses 16. Societal Responses. Conclusion.
Epilogue. Glossary. Guide to Further Learning. References. Index