A Manifesto for Mental Health - Peter Kinderman

A Manifesto for Mental Health

Why We Need a Revolution in Mental Health Care

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
VI, 314 Seiten
2019 | 1st ed. 2019
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-24385-2 (ISBN)
32,09 inkl. MwSt
A Manifesto for Mental Health presents a radically new and distinctive outlook that critically examines the dominant 'disease-model' of mental health care. Incorporating the latest findings from both biological neuroscience and research into the social determinants of psychological problems, Peter Kinderman offers a contemporary, biopsychosocial, alternative. He warns that the way we care for people with mental health problems is creating a hidden human rights emergency and he proposes a new vision for the future of health organisations across the globe. 
The book highlights persuasive evidence that our mental health and wellbeing depend largely on the society in which we live, on the things happen to us, and on how we learn to make sense of and respond to those events. Kinderman proposes a rejection of invalid diagnostic labels, practical help rather than medication, and a recognition that distress is usually an understandable humanresponse to life's challenges. Offering a serious critique of establishment thinking, A Manifesto for Mental Health provides a well-crafted demonstration of how, with scientific rigour and empathy, a revolution in mental health care is not only highly desirable, it is also entirely achievable. 

Peter Kinderman is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Liverpool, honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist with Mersey Care NHS Trust and Clinical Advisor for Public Health England, UK. He was 2016-2017 President of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and twice chair of the BPS Division of Clinical Psychology. His research activity and clinical work concentrate on serious and enduring mental health problems, as well as on how psychological science can assist public policy in health and social care. His previous books include A Prescription for Psychiatry: Why We Need a Whole New Approach to Mental Health and Wellbeing (2014).

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Events and Consequences.- Chapter 3: We are not the Slaves of our Brains.- Chapter 4: Making Sense of Things.- Chapter 5: Labels are for Products, Not People.- Chapter 6: Appreciating the Functions of Diagnoses.- Chapter 7: A Phenomenological Approach.- Chapter 8: Formulation and the Scientific Method.- Chapter 9: The Drugs Don't Work - The Difference between Curing and Helping.- Chapter 10 Residential Care; Hotels Not Hospitals.- Chapter 11: The Mental Health Act.- Chapter 12: Working Practices.- Chapter 13: The Social and Political Prerequisites for Genuine Psychological Health and Well-Being.- Chapter 14: A Manifesto.


Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo VI, 314 p. 2 illus.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Gewicht 415 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie Psychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeines / Lexika
Schlagworte A Prescription for Psychiatry • biomedical intervention • Biopsychosocial • 'disease-model' • ‘disease-model’ • environmental factor • human rights and mental health • is depression an illness? • Mental Health • Mental Health Policy • neurochemical processes • NHS • pill shaming • Psychiatry • Psychosis • social determinant • Social Exclusion • Wellbeing
ISBN-10 3-030-24385-0 / 3030243850
ISBN-13 978-3-030-24385-2 / 9783030243852
Zustand Neuware
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