Gender and Mental Health

Informationen zum Autor Pauline M. Prior and Consultant Editor Jo Campling Klappentext Gender & Mental Health is an exciting textbook written from a policy perspective. Based on up-to-date information from Europe and the United States, it focuses not only on the individual experience of mental disorder for both men and women, but also on a range of mental health policy issues, including law and crime. It will be extremely useful to a broad range of students (sociology, social policy and gender studies) and professionals (social work, nursing, legal and medical). Zusammenfassung Gender & Mental Health is an exciting textbook written from a policy perspective. Based on up-to-date information from Europe and the United States! it focuses not only on the individual experience of mental disorder for both men and women! but also on a range of mental health policy issues! including law and crime. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction.- PART 1: MENTAL DISORDER Defining Mental Disorder.- The Population at Risk.- Treatment Approaches.- Gender and Normality.- PART 2: MENTAL HEALTH POLICY Defining Mental Health Policy.- Mental Health Services.- The Law and Mental Disorder.- Crime and Mental Disorder.- Conclusion.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Pauline M. Prior, PRIOR PAULINE M
• Con la collaborazione di: Jo Campling (Editore)
• Editore: Red Globe Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 10.08.1999
• EAN: 9780333687611
• ISBN: 978-0-333-68761-1
• Pagine: 208
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale