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Psychology of Mental Health will place our current understanding of mental health in context, both historically and culturally. It will discuss various models for understanding mental health, research on causes of mental health problems, and will introduce recent psychology-led alternatives to diagnosis.
List of contents
- 1: What is Mental Health?
- 2: Conceptualising Mental Health
- 3: What Causes Mental Health Problems?
- 4: Offering Explanations: Diagnosis, Formulation, and the Power Threat Meaning Framework
- 5: Mental Health Across the Lifespan
- 6: Interventions
- 7: The Experience of Mental Health
- 8: Technology and Global Mental Health
- 9: Biological Advances and Dimensionality
About the author
Dr Naomi Fisher is a clinical psychologist and EDMR-Europe accredited consultant and trainer. She has a PhD in developmental cognitive psychology and a DClinPsy, both from King's College London. She has over 17 years of clinical experience. She has worked in primary care and specialist services in the NHS, with the police, in the voluntary sector and in private practice. Recent research collaborations have looked at using EMDR therapy with autistic clients and working therapeutically online.
She now runs her own clinical psychology practice as well as supervising and training trauma therapists and running psycho-educational webinars for parents. She works with children, adolescents and adults.
Summary
Psychology of Mental Health will place our current understanding of mental health in context, both historically and culturally. It will discuss various models for understanding mental health, research on causes of mental health problems, and will introduce recent psychology-led alternatives to diagnosis.
