Mental Health Still Matters (0)-Jill Reynolds, Rosemary Muston, Tom Heller, Jon

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Explore a fresh perspective on mental health with "Mental Health Still Matters." This comprehensive paperback delves into a full range of mental health issues, offering new and exciting user perspectives. It serves as a rich and diverse resource for students and practitioners, reflecting a wide array of views on understanding and explaining mental health and distress. Combining classic writings from psychiatry, sociology, psychology, and service users with newly commissioned readings, this book is divided into four insightful parts. Part I critiques mental health theory and explores contemporary debates. Part II considers social inclusion as a goal for mental health services and reviews areas where inequality persists. Part III features accounts of mental distress from service users who have become innovators in mental health work. Part IV addresses challenges faced by practitioners and professional responses to evolving landscapes. This important and innovative collection has strong cross-disciplinary relevance and is essential reading for anyone studying, training, or practicing in the field of mental health, regardless of your background in social studies, health science, medicine, or psychology. Summary: Mental Health Still Matters paperback book by Jill Reynolds, Rosemary Muston, and Tom Heller, featuring 392 pages in English.