The Challenge of Community Mental Health and Erich Lindemann - 9780367354381

Taylor & Francis

The Challenge of Community Mental Health and Erich LindemannCommunity Mental Health, Erich Lindemann, and Social Conscience in American Psychiatry, Volume 2\nAuthor(s): David G. Satin\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367354381, 978-0367354381\nSynopsis\nThese volumes make new contributions to the history of psychiatry and society in three ways: First, they propose a theory of values and ideology influencing the evolution of psychiatry and society in recurring cycles, and survey the history of psychiatry in recent centuries in light of this theory. Second, they review the waxing, prominence, and waning of Community Mental Health as an example of a segment of this cyclical history of psychiatry. Third, they provide the first biography of Erich Lindemann, one of the founders of social and community psychiatry, and explore the interaction of the prominent contributor with the historical environment and the influence.