Recent controversies about mental health services suggest the need for a full and informed debate about the management of madness and the reduction of mental distress in society. Mental Health Policy in Britain provides both students and professionals in the mental health field with the information and concepts to explore this debate. Well written and highly accessible, it both documents the historical evolution of present services and maps the relationship between local and national government and the key stakeholders who shape and respond to shifts in policy.

Mental Health Policy in Britain: A Critical Introduction

Health, Fitness & Dieting

David, Pilgrim

Anne Rogers

Mental Health

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

A critical introduction to literature on mental health and illness of relevance and interest to undergraduate sociologists. The sociological analysis offered of this material should also be of particular relevance to mental health professionals from a wide variety of disciplines. Questions of race, age and gender are addressed, along with explorations of work on psychiatric treatment, the mental health professions, the organization of mental health work, legalism and service users. The book begins with an examination of the competing perspectives about mental health and illness, which have contributed to multiple understandings and terminologies, both inside and outside of sociology. A recognition of these diverse perspectives informs the way in which subsequent chapter topics are explored.

A Sociology of Mental Health & Illness

Medical Books

Open University

Clinical Psychology Observed examines the contradictory ntate of British clinical psychology. It contrasts its confident public persona with its private insecurity and confusion. The authors, David Pilgrim and Andy Treacher, examine this paradox in relation to the cultural history of clinical psychology, its training practices and its responses to the radical changes in health care policy in the 1980s. In so doing, they discuss the problems facing practioners in the future.

Clinical Psychology Observed

Andy Treacher

Routledge

On the journey of life, none of us know what is around the next bend. All of us need guidance and wisdom from the One who knows our final destination and how to get there.   This book takes us on two journeys: one is a physical journey, through the lands of Central Asia and the Caucasus, but on the way, we also find ourselves on a journey of spiritual discovery. In the course of conversations with people along the Silk Route, our eyes are opened to new truths that we might not have noticed but are actually all around us. We will discover that, for the one who has eyes to see, our cultures and some of our traditions, like circumcision or the paying of kalym - and even the carpets under our feet! - can act as signposts on the way to the Mountain of God.

Silk Road Pilgrimage

Religion & Spirituality

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