Principles of social psychiatry /
Social psychiatry is concerned with the effects of the social environment on the mental health of the individual, and with the effects of the person with a mental disorder on his/her social environment. The field encompasses social interventions, prevention and the promotion of mental health. This n...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ :
Wiley-Blackwell,
©2010.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Social psychiatry is concerned with the effects of the social environment on the mental health of the individual, and with the effects of the person with a mental disorder on his/her social environment. The field encompasses social interventions, prevention and the promotion of mental health. This new edition of Principles of Social Psychiatry provides a broad overview of current thinking in this expanding field and will be a source of ideas both in research and for the management of mental disorder. It opens by putting social psychiatry in perspective, within both psychiatry and the social. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 586 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470684214 0470684216 9780470684221 0470684224 047069713X 9780470697139 |