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This book analyzes mental health from a communicative perspective. Within this book, contributors consider mental health through various paradigmatic perspectives and contexts, such as education, media, and family, among other disciplines.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Communicating about Mental Health: What We Know, What We Need, and What We Give
Chapter 2: The Chilling Influences of Social Stigma on Mental Health Communication: Implications for Promoting Health Equity
Chapter 3: Communicated Sense-Making: A Theoretical Compass for Exploring Family Communication and Sense-making about Mental Health and Illness
Chapter 4: Mental Health Literacy at The House of Grace: Advancing Relational Health Literacy as a Conceptual Model
Chapter 5: "They Saved my Life!": Exploring Alternative Communication Narratives to Create Mental Health Agency
Chapter 6: Testing a Social Aggression and Translational Storytelling Intervention: The Impact of Communicated Narrative Sense-Making on Adolescent Girls' Mental Health
Chapter 7: Responses to Celebrity Mental Health Disclosures: Parasocial Relations, Evaluations, and Perceived Media Influence
Chapter 8: The Stigmatization of Mental Health Disclosure in the College Classroom: Student Perceptions of Instructor Credibility and the Benefits of Disclosure
Chapter 9: Community-Based Mental Healthcare: A Network Analysis of Identification and Involvement in an Advocacy Group
Chapter 10: When Healthcare Professionals Need Help: Nursing Burnout and Supportive
Communication
Chapter 11: Managing Moral Injury Post-Deployment
Chapter 12: Combating Mental Health Stigma in Underserved Black Communities: A Three-on Three Basketball Tournament Intervention
Chapter 13: Mental Health, Ambiguous Loss, and Communicative Resilience in Families
Chapter 14: Conflict Communication in Families and Mental Health Outcomes for Parents: Examining Mother and Father Reports of Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms, Verbal Aggression, and Constructive Conflict
Chapter 15: "Warrior Moms": Stigma Management and Advocacy on Postpartum Progress Concerning Maternal Mental Health Concerns
Chapter 16: Biopolitical Rationalities: The Changing Face of Mental Illness
Chapter 17: Dangerous and Disturbed: Media Misportrayals of Mental Illness
Chapter 18: Depression in Romantic Relationships: Integrating Social Constructionist Perspectives
About the author
Lance R. Lippert is professor in the School of Communication at Illinois State University.Aimee E. Miller-Ott is associate professor in the School of Communication at Illinois State University.Daniel Cochece Davis is assistant professor in the School of Communication at Illinois State University.Kelly Chernin is Assistant Professor of Public Relations in the Department of Communication at Appalachian State University, USA.Gary L. Kreps is a University Distinguished Professor of the Department of Communication at George Mason University. Dr. Kreps' areas of expertise include health communication and promotion, information dissemination, organizational communication, information technology, multicultural relations, risk/crisis management, health informatics, and applied research methods. He is the Director of the Center for Health and Risk Communication, serves on the Governing Board of the Center for Social Science Research, and is a faculty affiliate of the National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, the Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics, the Center for the Study of International Medical Policies and Practices, Center for Climate Change Communication, the Center for Consciouness and Transformation, and the Center for Health Information Technology, at George Mason. Prior to his appointment at Mason, he served for five years as the founding Chief of the Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch at the National Cancer Institute (NIH), where he planned, developed, and coordinated major new national research and outreach initiatives concerning risk communication, health promotion, behavior change, technology development, and information dissemination to promote effective cancer prevention, screening, control, care, and survivorship. His published work includes more than 400 books, articles, and monographs concerning the applications of communication knowledge in society.Lance R. Lippert is professor in the School of Communication at Illinois State University.Aimee E. Miller-Ott is associate professor in the School of Communication at Illinois State University.Jennifer A. Samp is professor of communication studies at the University of Georgia.
Summary
This book analyzes mental health from a communicative perspective. Within this book, contributors consider mental health through various paradigmatic perspectives and contexts, such as education, media, and family, among other disciplines.
