Mental Health and Poverty

Informationen zum Autor Rob Poole is Professor of Social Psychiatry, School of Social Sciences, Bangor University; Co-Director, Centre for Mental Health and Society, North Wales; and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales. Robert Higgo is Consultant Psychiatrist, Mersey NHS Trust, Liverpool; Honorary Research Fellow, School of Social Sciences, Bangor University; and Associate Member, Centre for Mental Health and Society, North Wales. Catherine A. Robinson is Professor of Social Policy Research, School of Social Sciences, Bangor University, and Co-Director, Centre for Mental Health and Society, North Wales. Klappentext Draws together evidence that poverty causes serious mental illness and gives recommendations as to what can be done about this. Zusammenfassung Poverty is not inevitable! even in a difficult economic climate! and there is strong scientific evidence that poverty is a cause of mental illness. This book brings together a body of knowledge from biomedical and social science literature! providing an evidence-based resource for mental health professionals! social scientists and their students. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Severe mental illness and social factors; 2. Poverty; 3. Constellations of disadvantage; 4. Depression and anxiety; 5. Genetics; 6. Substance misuse; 7. Mechanisms; 8. Stigma; 9. Recovery; 10. Working with poverty; 11. Afterword; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Higgo, Higgo Robert, Rob Poole, Rob Higgo Poole, Catherine A. Robinson, Robinson Catherine A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.12.2013
• EAN: 9780521143967
• ISBN: 978-0-521-14396-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Medicine, Epidemiology & medical statistics, MEDICAL / Mental Health, Psychiatry, Personal & public health, Clinical psychology, Mental health services, Disability: social aspects, Care of people with mental health issues, Poverty and precarity