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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Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
Other Authors: Morgan, Craig, 1971-, Bhugra, Dinesh
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, ©2010.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 586 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780470684214
0470684216
9780470684221
0470684224
047069713X
9780470697139