Critical Perspectives on Mental Health - 9781857288797

Taylor & Francis

First book to synthesise existing critiques in a more cohesive and comprehensive critical theory of mental health\n\nFeatures areas of mental health, such as personality disorder, which are beginning to receive a higher profile\n > Introduction 1. The Historical Maze 2. From Asylum to Community: Relocating Psychiatry 3. Alternative Models of Managing Mental Distress 4. Anti-Psychiatry: Passing Fad or Force for Change? 5. Gender and Race Critiques of Psychiatry 6. Crises of Legitimacy 7. Towards a New Critical Perspective on Mental Health Care 8. Implications for Practice Bibliography Index > Vicki Coppock is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Social Work at Edge Hill College; John Hopton is a Lecturer in Applied Social Studies at the University of Manchester.