Mental health and social space : towards inclusionary geographies? /
"In the nineteenth century, 'the mad' were segregated in special asylum spaces; in the later twentieth century, these spaces were dismantled and patients discharged into the community. Now, in the twenty-first century, 'community care' is still in vogue, but what has happene...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Malden, MA :
Blackwell Pub.,
2008.
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| Series: | RGS-IBG book series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "In the nineteenth century, 'the mad' were segregated in special asylum spaces; in the later twentieth century, these spaces were dismantled and patients discharged into the community. Now, in the twenty-first century, 'community care' is still in vogue, but what has happened to the people with mental health problems? Stories of neglect, ghettoization, homicide and reinstitutionalization regularly litter the pages of newspapers and academic journals. Is this the whole story? Are those with severe and enduring mental health problems still living on the edges of society?" "This book illuminates the complicated reality of people living with mental health problems. It focuses on their voices, relationships and achievements through case studies tracing innovative examples of community activity that are creating versions of social tolerance, social recovery and peer- and self-help for this consistently marginalized group. People with mental health problems are active in rescripting their own social recoveries, using different community spaces to create pathways to psychological and social stability."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 211 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-204) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470712924 0470712929 0470712678 9780470712672 |