Social Perspective : : The Missing Element in Mental Health Practice /

Social Perspective : : The Missing Element in Mental Health Practice / / Richard U'Ren.

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Social Perspective explores the impact of social factors on individual health, a topic often overlooked in the practice of psychiatry, psychology, and medicine. Richard U'Ren synthesizes viewpoints and information usually dispersed among many disciplines to show how social roles, political-econ...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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U'Ren, Richard,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2011
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Social Perspective
  • 2. Socioeconomic Status, Psychiatric Disorder, and Psychological Distress
  • 3. Social Class
  • 4. Growing Inequality: Causes and Consequences
  • 5. Work and Whitehall
  • 6. Links between Socioeconomic Status, Well-Being, and Distress
  • 7. Class Differences in Psychotherapy
  • 8. The DSM, Disorder, and Distress
  • 9. Social Perspective in Practice
  • 10. In Closing
  • Appendix: Reading for a Social Perspective
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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