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The Ellis/Szasz debate : mental illness : fact or myth?

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--Baldwin, NY: William Simon , 1977.
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HM 1131 E47e 1977
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On October 30, 1977, in Rockville Center, New York, two internationally known authorities debated the subject of mental illness. Dr. Thomas Szasz held the position that mental illness is, by definition, a metaphor, while Dr. Albert Ellis claimed that it is a fact. The debate is important because it examines issues at the heart of the politics of involuntary mental hospitalization, and the basic civil rights of all citizens. The components of the system of involuntary mental hospitalization are …
Call Number
HM 1131 E47e 1977
Place of Publication
Baldwin, NY
Publisher
William Simon
Date of Publication
1977
Physical Description
85 min.
Subjects (MeSH)
Mental Disorders
Models, Psychological
Philosophy, Medical
Social Medicine
Abstract
On October 30, 1977, in Rockville Center, New York, two internationally known authorities debated the subject of mental illness. Dr. Thomas Szasz held the position that mental illness is, by definition, a metaphor, while Dr. Albert Ellis claimed that it is a fact. The debate is important because it examines issues at the heart of the politics of involuntary mental hospitalization, and the basic civil rights of all citizens. The components of the system of involuntary mental hospitalization are addressed, as are different methods of treating mental illness. Dr. William E. Simon moderates the debate between Dr. Ellis and Dr. Szasz. They discuss among other subjects, racism, the women's movement, psychoanalysis, primal scream therapy, the Son of Sam, chemotherapy.
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Health and Canadian society : sociological perspectives

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[edited by] David Coburn...[et al.]. --[s.l.]: Fitzhenry & Whiteside , 1981.
Call Number
WA 31 H4 1981
Location
IWK Health Sciences Library
Call Number
WA 31 H4 1981
Author
Coburn, David
Responsibility
[edited by] David Coburn...[et al.]
Place of Publication
[s.l.]
Publisher
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Date of Publication
1981
Physical Description
496 p.
ISBN
889021171
Subjects (MeSH)
Public Health
Social Medicine
Format
Book
Location
IWK Health Sciences Library
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1
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The sociology of health & illness : critical perspectives

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[edited by] Peter Conrad. (7th ed.) --New York, NY: Worth Publishers , c2005.
Call Number
W 322 S6787 2005
Location
Cape Breton Regional
Call Number
W 322 S6787 2005
Other Authors
Conrad, Peter, 1945-
Responsibility
[edited by] Peter Conrad
Edition
7th ed.
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Worth Publishers
Date of Publication
c2005
Physical Description
ix, 595 p.
ISBN
9780716709985
0716709988
Subjects (MeSH)
Social Determinants of Health
Social Medicine
Socioeconomic Factors
Format
Book
Location
Cape Breton Regional
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Social determinants of health

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Marmot, Michael. (2nd ed.) --Oxford, England: Oxford University Press , 2006.
Call Number
WA 30 S678 2006
Location
Halifax Infirmary
Call Number
WA 30 S678 2006
Author
Marmot, Michael
Other Authors
Wilkinson, Richard G.
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
Oxford, England
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Date of Publication
2006
Physical Description
x, 366 p. : ill., maps
ISBN
0198565895
Subjects (MeSH)
Health Policy
Health Status Indicators
Public Health
Social Determinants of Health
Social Medicine
Socioeconomic Factors
Health Services Accessibility
Other Subjects
United Kingdom
Format
Book
Location
Halifax Infirmary
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Macrosocial Determinants of Population Health

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by Sandro Galea. --New York, NY: Springer Science+Business Media , c2007.
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Online
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Author
Galea, Sandro
Responsibility
by Sandro Galea
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media
Date of Publication
c2007
Physical Description
xi, 502 p.
ISBN
9780387708126
Subjects (MeSH)
Health Promotion
Population Health
Preventive Medicine
Public Health
Social Determinants of Health
Social Medicine
Socioeconomic Factors
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e-Book
Location
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Quo Vadis Medical Healing : Past Concepts and New Approaches

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edited by Susanna Elm, Stefan N. Willich. --Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands , c2009.
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Online
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Author
Elm, Susanna
Other Authors
Willich, Stefan N
Responsibility
edited by Susanna Elm, Stefan N. Willich
Place of Publication
Dordrecht
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Date of Publication
c2009
Series Vol.
44
Series Title
International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine
ISBN
9781402089428
Subjects (MeSH)
Philosophy, Medical
Ethics, Medical
History of Medicine
Religion and Medicine
Social Medicine
Subjects (LCSH)
Medical ethics
Social sciences
History of medicine
Religion
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e-Book
Location
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Policy Innovation for Health

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edited by Ilona Kickbusch. --New York, NY: Springer-Verlag , c2009.
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Online
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Author
Kickbusch, Ilona
Responsibility
edited by Ilona Kickbusch
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Date of Publication
c2009
ISBN
9780387798769
Subjects (MeSH)
Health Policy
Social Medicine
Organizational Innovation
Public Health Administration
Subjects (LCSH)
Public health
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e-Book
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Online
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Social determinants of health

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Raphael, Dennis. (2nd ed.) --Toronto, ON: Canadian Scholars Press , 2009.
Call Number
WA 30 S6757 2009
Location
IWK Health Sciences Library
Call Number
WA 30 S6757 2009
Author
Raphael, Dennis
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
Toronto, ON
Publisher
Canadian Scholars Press
Date of Publication
2009
Physical Description
475 p.
ISBN
9.78E+12
Subjects (MeSH)
Socioeconomic Factors
Public Health - economics
Health Policy - economics
Social Medicine
Delivery of Health Care
Canada
Format
Book
Location
IWK Health Sciences Library
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1
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A political practice of occupational therapy

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Pollard, Nick. --Edinburgh, Scotland: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier , 2009.
Call Number
WB 555 P769 2009
Location
Dickson Building
Call Number
WB 555 P769 2009
Author
Pollard, Nick
Other Authors
Sakellariou, Dikaios
Kronenberg, Frank
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, Scotland
Publisher
Churchill Livingstone Elsevier
Date of Publication
2009
Physical Description
255 p.
ISBN
9780443103919
Subjects (MeSH)
Occupational Therapy
Health Services Accessibility
Social Medicine
Socioeconomic Factors
Format
Book
Location
Dickson Building
Loan Period
3 weeks
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Determinants of Minority Mental Health and Wellness

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edited by Sana Loue, Martha Sajatovic. --New York, NY: Springer Science+Business Media , c2009.
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Online
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Author
Loue, Sana
Other Authors
Sajatovic, Martha
Responsibility
edited by Sana Loue, Martha Sajatovic
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media
Date of Publication
c2009
ISBN
9780387756592
Subjects (MeSH)
Mental Health - ethnology
Minority Health
Minority Groups - psychology
Psychosocial Support Systems
Social Medicine
Socioeconomic Factors
Other Subjects
United States
Contents
1. Health and Wellness -- 2. City Living and Mental Health in History -- 3. Mental Health, Mental Health Courts, and Minorities -- 4. Migration and Mental Health -- 5. Media, Minorities, and the Stigma of Mental Illness -- 6. Minority Mental Health and Wellness: A Perspective from Health Care Systems -- 7. Social Support, Mental Health, Minorities, and Acculturative Stress -- 8. Religion and Mental Health Among Minorities and Immigrants in the U.S -- 9. Cultural Considerations Regarding Perspectives on Mental Illness and Healing -- 10. Gender and Minority Mental Health: The Case of Body Image -- 11. Family Determinants of Minority Mental Health and Wellness -- 12. Family-Focused Psychoeducational Programs for Minorities with Serious Mental Illness -- 13. Socioeconomic Status: Risks and Resilience -- 14. Psychiatric Genetics: An Update -- 15. Substance Abuse in Minority Populations -- 16. Neurocognitive Testing of Minorities in Mental Health Settings -- 17. Stress and Resilience -- 18. Methodological Challenges in Research on the Determinants of Minority Mental Health and Wellness.
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e-Book
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Public Health Perspectives on Disability : Epidemiology to Ethics and Beyond

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edited by Donald J. Lollar, Elena M. Andresen. --New York, NY: Springer Science+Business Media , c2011.
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Online
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Author
Lollar, Donald J
Other Authors
Andresen, Elena M
Responsibility
edited by Donald J. Lollar, Elena M. Andresen
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media
Date of Publication
c2011
ISBN
9781441973412
Subjects (MeSH)
Disabled Persons
Public Health
Social Medicine
Subjects (LCSH)
Public health
Medical ethics
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e-Book
Location
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Place and Health as Complex Systems : A Case Study and Empirical Test

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Brian Castellani, Rajeev Rajaram, J. Galen Buckwalter, Michael Ball, Frederic Hafferty. --Cham: Springer , c2015.
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The history of public health has focused on direct relationships between problems and solutions: vaccinations against diseases, ad campaigns targeting risky behaviors. But the accelerating pace and mounting intricacies of our lives are challenging the field to find new scientific methods for studying community health. The complexities of place (COP) approach is emerging as one such promising method. Place and Health as Complex Systems demonstrates how COP works, making an empirical case for its…
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Castellani, Brian
Other Authors
Rajaram, Rajeev
Buckwalter, J. Galen
Ball, Michael
Hafferty, Frederic
Responsibility
Brian Castellani, Rajeev Rajaram, J. Galen Buckwalter, Michael Ball, Frederic Hafferty
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
c2015
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 82 p. : 8 illus.)
Series Title
SpringerBriefs in public health
ISBN
9783319097343
9783319097336 (print ed.)
ISSN
2192-3698
Subjects (MeSH)
Environment
Epidemiology
Geography, Medical
Public Health
Social Medicine
Spatio-Temporal Analysis
Systems Analysis
Abstract
The history of public health has focused on direct relationships between problems and solutions: vaccinations against diseases, ad campaigns targeting risky behaviors. But the accelerating pace and mounting intricacies of our lives are challenging the field to find new scientific methods for studying community health. The complexities of place (COP) approach is emerging as one such promising method. Place and Health as Complex Systems demonstrates how COP works, making an empirical case for its use in designing and implementing interventions. This brief resource reviews the defining characteristics of places as dynamic and evolving social systems, rigorously testing them as well as the COP approach itself. The study, of twenty communities within one county in the Midwest, combines case-based methods and complexity science to determine whether COP improves upon traditional statistical methods of public health research. Its conclusions reveal strengths and limitations of the approach, immediate possibilities for its use, and challenges regarding future research. Included in the coverage: Characteristics of places and the complexities of place approach. The Definitional Test of Complex Systems. Case-based modeling using the SACS toolkit. Methods, maps, and measures used in the study. Places as nodes within larger networks. Places as power-based conflicted negotiations. Place and Health as Complex Systems brings COP into greater prominence in public health research, and is also valuable to researchers in related fields such as demography, health geography, community health, urban planning, and epidemiology.
Contents
1. The Complexities of Place Approach -- 2. Definitional Test of Complex Systems -- 3. Case-Based Modeling and the SACS Toolkit -- 4. Methods -- 5. Places Are Complex -- 6. Places Are Emergent and Self-Organizing -- 7. Places Are Nodes within Larger Networks -- 8. Places Are Dynamic and Evolving -- 9. Places Are Nonlinear -- 10. Places Are Subjective and Historical -- 11. Places Are Open-Ended with Fuzzy Boundaries -- 12. Places Are Power-Based Conflicted Negotiations -- 13. Places Are Agent-Based -- 14. Conclusion.
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Social and Community Psychiatry : Towards a Critical, Patient-Oriented Approach

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Stelios Stylianidis, editor. --Cham: Springer , c2016.
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This book presents the basic theoretical and historical concepts and it describes current perspectives and data, focusing on good practices in community psychiatry in Greece and in other parts of Europe. Concepts such as the biopsychosocial model, psychiatric reform, psychosocial rehabilitation and the recovery model, as well as new case management models are approached from a critical, anthropocentric perspective. The current socioeconomic crisis in Europe brings with it new realities in menta…
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Stylianidis, Stelios
Responsibility
Stelios Stylianidis, editor
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
c2016
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxi, 518 p. : 12 illus., 9 illus. in color)
ISBN
9783319286167
9783319286143 (print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Community Mental Health Services
Community Psychiatry - methods
Social Medicine
Other Subjects
Greece
Notes
Translation of: Synchrona phemata koinonikes kai koinotikes psychiatrikes : gia mia kritike anthropokentrike psychiatrike / Stelios Stylianides. [Athena] : Topos Books/Motibo Publishing SA, 2014.
Abstract
This book presents the basic theoretical and historical concepts and it describes current perspectives and data, focusing on good practices in community psychiatry in Greece and in other parts of Europe. Concepts such as the biopsychosocial model, psychiatric reform, psychosocial rehabilitation and the recovery model, as well as new case management models are approached from a critical, anthropocentric perspective. The current socioeconomic crisis in Europe brings with it new realities in mental health systems. New forms of social suffering are forcing the psychiatric community to re-examine what is considered normal. In order to respond to the complexity of the newly emerging needs, social and community psychiatry has been compelled to broaden the objectives of intervention and research alike, developing new and dynamic relations with complementary scientific fields such as social anthropology, psychoanalysis and microeconomics. The present work is the result of collaboration between professionals from across these different fields.
Contents
Part I. Social Psychiatry -- 1. A Brief Historical Overview of Madness in Social Psychiatry -- 2. Philosophical and Sociological Foundations of Social Psychiatry -- 3. Psychiatric Epidemiology and Its Applications in Social Psychiatry -- 4. Global Mental Health -- 5. Psychiatric Reform in Greece -- 6. The Contribution of Psychoanalytical Thinking and Practice to Social Community Psychiatry -- Part II. Applications of Social Psychiatry -- 7. Promoting Mental Health: From Theory To Best Practice -- 8. Social Suffering and Mental Health in Metropolitan Athens: A Qualitative Approach -- 9. The Recovery Model and Modern Psychiatric Care: Conceptual Perspective, Critical Approach and Practical Application -- 10. Mobile Mental Health Units on the Islands: The Experience of Cyclades -- 11. Community Child Psychiatry: The Example of Mobile Mental Health Units in the NE and Western Cyclades -- 12. A Modern-Day Community Daycare Centre in Operation -- 13. Assertive Community Treatment: Home Intervention for People with Severe and Enduring Mental Health Problems: Designing the Greek Model -- 14. Brief Psychotherapy in a Community Framework -- 15. Community Mental Healthcare for Migrants -- 16. Modern Technologies and Applications and Community Psychiatry -- 17. Assessment and Management of Domestic Violence Cases Within a Community Mental Health Services Framework -- 18. Sexuality of Patients with Serious Psychiatric Disorders in Psychosocial Rehabilitation Units -- Part III. Evaluation -- 19. Evaluation of Social Psychiatry Services -- 20. Implications of the Socioeconomic Crisis for Staff in Community PSR Units: The Case of an NGO -- 21. Staff Evaluation and Presentation of Organisational Culture in Mental Health Structures -- Part IV. Empowering and Rights in Mental Health -- 22. User and Family Participation in Mental Health Services -- 23. Involuntary Hospitalisation: Legislative Framework, Epidemiology and Outcome -- 24. The Impact of the Economic Crisis in Greece: Epidemiological Perspective and Community Implications -- 25. Afterword: The Economic Crisis and Mental Health.
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Therapy of Social Medicine

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Byong-Hyon Han. (1st ed.) --Singapore: Springer , c2016.
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This book introduces novel and groundbreaking theories on social medicine, social medicine therapy and pharmacogelotology. Aimed at improving the global health care system in terms of cost-effectiveness and efficiency, the research included in this book represents a paradigm shift from traditional drugs to social medicine. Tracing the history of social medicine, from Natural Healing Power (NHP), Oriental Medicine's vitalism, to Homeostasis (Natural Healing Strength) and Reciprocity (Social Heal…
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Author
Han, Pyong-hyon
Responsibility
Byong-Hyon Han
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Singapore
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
c2016
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 253 p. : 5 illus. in color)
ISBN
9789812877482
9789812877475 (print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Complementary Therapies
Laughter therapy
Social Medicine
Abstract
This book introduces novel and groundbreaking theories on social medicine, social medicine therapy and pharmacogelotology. Aimed at improving the global health care system in terms of cost-effectiveness and efficiency, the research included in this book represents a paradigm shift from traditional drugs to social medicine. Tracing the history of social medicine, from Natural Healing Power (NHP), Oriental Medicine's vitalism, to Homeostasis (Natural Healing Strength) and Reciprocity (Social Healing Strength), the book first focuses on laying the theoretical foundations. It then highlights how social medicine can be specialized into various social medicine therapies (i.e., aromatherapy, stone therapy, diet therapy, exercise therapy, light therapy, etc.), just like stem cells. This is followed by arguments that 21st century pharmacy should be a harmonious system where the replacement of traditional drug products (i.e., herbal, chemical, and biological products) with new social medicine takes precedence. To that end, the author focuses on the '4+2 system' with 4 representing diet, body, stress, and facial-image control, and 2 representing the complementary and alternative medical methods of evacuation(-) and filling(+). In the context of pharmacogelotology, the book then goes on to present findings on theories of laughter and laughter therapy practices, which are systematically examined and described in detail. Finally, it calls for the development of social medicine structures by governments that aim to help local authorities use their resources effectively, and for local governments to establish the long-term planning on social medicine therapy for healthy ageing.
Contents
Preface -- Chapter 1: Why Social Medicine? -- 1.1: The Rise of Social Medicine -- 1.2: Human-being: Homo medicus -- 1.3: History of Drug -- Chapter 2: What is a Social Medicine? -- 2.1: Concept of Social Medicine -- 2.2: Development of Social Medicine -- 2.3: Differentiation of Social Medicine -- Chapter 3: Therapy of Social Medicine -- 3.1: Concept & Scope for Therapy of Social Medicine -- 3.2: Classification for Therapy of Social Medicine -- Chapter 4: Pharmaco-gelotology -- 4.1: Introduction -- 4.2: Laughter Theory -- 4.3: Laughter Therapy -- Chapter 5: Conclusion.
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Mental Health and Illness in the City

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edited by Niels Okkels, Christina Blanner Kristiansen, Povl Munk-Jorgensen. --Singapore: Springer , c2017.
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This book highlights a broad range of issues on mental health and illness in large cities. It presents the epidemiology of mental disorders in cities, cultural issues of urban mental health care, and community care in large cities and urban slums. It also includes chapters on homelessness, crime and racism - problems that are increasingly prevalent in many cities world wide. Finally, it looks at the increasing challenges of mental disorders in rapidly growing cities. The book is aimed at an int…
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Okkels, Niels
Kristiansen, Christina Blanner
Munk-Jorgensen, Povl
Responsibility
edited by Niels Okkels, Christina Blanner Kristiansen, Povl Munk-Jorgensen
Place of Publication
Singapore
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
c2017
Physical Description
1 online resource
Series Title
Springer reference
Mental health and illness worldwide
ISBN
9789811007521
ISSN
2511-8323
Subjects (MeSH)
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Mental Health Services
Socioeconomic Factors
Urban Health
Specialty
Mental Health
Mental Health Services
Public Health
Social Medicine
Notes
"Living reference work."
Abstract
This book highlights a broad range of issues on mental health and illness in large cities. It presents the epidemiology of mental disorders in cities, cultural issues of urban mental health care, and community care in large cities and urban slums. It also includes chapters on homelessness, crime and racism - problems that are increasingly prevalent in many cities world wide. Finally, it looks at the increasing challenges of mental disorders in rapidly growing cities. The book is aimed at an international audience and includes contributions from clinicians and researchers worldwide.
Contents
Crime, Illegal Drugs, and Mental Health -- Development of Mental Health Services in a Major City in Latin America: Santiago -- Discrimination in Urban Settings -- Green Environment and Mental Health in the City -- History of Urban Mental Illness -- Homelessness and Challenges of Community Care -- Homicide and Suicide in Megacities -- Implementing Community Care in Large Cities and Informal Settlements: An African Perspective -- Institutions: Prisons and Asylums and the Deinstitutionalization -- Loneliness and Single-Person Households: Issues of Kodoku-Shi and Hikikomori in Japan -- Mental Health and Urban Life: Experiences from Colombia -- Mental Health Care in 11 Major Cities Over Two Decades -- Migration and Urban Mental Health in China -- Prospects and Challenges of Mental Health Services in a Major City in Latin America: Rio de Janeiro -- Religious Perspectives in Urban and Rural Mental Health in the Muslim World -- Review of Urban Mental Health -- Revisiting the Virtuous City: Learning from the Past to Improve Modern Urban Mental Health -- Urban Design and Mental Health -- Urban-Rural Differences in Major Mental Health Conditions.
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Cultural and religious sensitivity : a pocket guide for health care professionals

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Geri-Ann Galanti. (3rd ed.) --Oak Brook, IL: Joint Commission Resources , c2018.
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Author
Galanti, Geri-Ann
Responsibility
Geri-Ann Galanti
Edition
3rd ed.
Place of Publication
Oak Brook, IL
Publisher
Joint Commission Resources
Date of Publication
c2018
Physical Description
1 online resource
ISBN
9781635850468
Subjects (MeSH)
Cultural Competency
Cultural Diversity
Cultural Characteristics
Patients - psychology
Ethnic Groups - psychology
Minority Groups
United States
Specialty
Social Medicine
Sociology, Medical
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e-Book
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LGBTQ cultures : what health care professionals need to know about sexual and gender diversity

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Michele J. Eliason, Peggy L. Chinn. (3rd ed.) --Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer , c2018.
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Author
Eliason, Michele J.
Responsibility
Michele J. Eliason, Peggy L. Chinn
Edition
3rd ed.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, PA
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Date of Publication
c2018
Physical Description
1 online resource, 260 p.
ISBN
9781496394606
Subjects (MeSH)
Attitude of Health Personnel
Culturally Competent Care
Gender Identity
Health Services Accessibility
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Specialty
Sexual Health
Social Medicine
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e-Book
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The Biopsychosocial Model of Health and Disease : New Philosophical and Scientific Developments

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Derek Bolton, Grant Gillett. --Cham: Palgrave Macmillan , c2019.
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‘This is an incredibly audacious book. Derek Bolton and Grant Gillett brilliantly succeed in providing the big picture that was lacking in the defense of the biopsychosocial model promoted by Engel 40 years ago.’ - Steeves Demazeux, Assistant Professor in philosophy, Bordeaux-Montaigne University, France This open access book is a systematic update of the philosophical and scientific foundations of the biopsychosocial model of health, disease and healthcare. First proposed by George Engel 40 ye…
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Bolton, Derek
Other Authors
Gillett, Grant
Responsibility
Derek Bolton, Grant Gillett
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Date of Publication
c2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 149 p.)
ISBN
9783030118990
9783030118983 (Print ed.)
9783030119003 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Holistic Health
Philosophy, Medical
Social Medicine
Specialty
Public Health
Social Sciences
Abstract
‘This is an incredibly audacious book. Derek Bolton and Grant Gillett brilliantly succeed in providing the big picture that was lacking in the defense of the biopsychosocial model promoted by Engel 40 years ago.’ - Steeves Demazeux, Assistant Professor in philosophy, Bordeaux-Montaigne University, France This open access book is a systematic update of the philosophical and scientific foundations of the biopsychosocial model of health, disease and healthcare. First proposed by George Engel 40 years ago, the Biopsychosocial Model is much cited in healthcare settings worldwide, but has been increasingly criticised for being vague, lacking in content, and in need of reworking in the light of recent developments. The book confronts the rapid changes to psychological science, neuroscience, healthcare, and philosophy that have occurred since the model was first proposed and addresses key issues such as the model’s scientific basis, clinical utility, and philosophical coherence. The authors conceptualise biology and the psychosocial as in the same ontological space, interlinked by systems of communication-based regulatory control which constitute a new kind of causation. These are distinguished from physical and chemical laws, most clearly because they can break down, thus providing the basis for difference between health and disease. This work offers an urgent update to the model’s scientific and philosophical foundations, providing a new and coherent account of causal interactions between the biological, the psychological and social. Derek Bolton is Professor of Philosophy and Psychopathology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London, UK. He was awarded a double first in Moral Sciences and a PhD in Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. His subsequent professional career was in clinical psychology and he has published extensively in philosophy of psychiatry as well as basic and clinical health science. Grant Gillett is Professor of Bioethics at the University of Otago, New Zealand. His professional career was in Neurosurgery, punctuated by a D. Phil. at Oxford University in philosophy of mind and meta-ethics. He has published extensively in neuroethics, philosophy of mind and language, philosophy of medicine (particularly psychiatry), and the philosophy of medical and social sciences.
Contents
1. The Biopsychosocial Model 40 Years On -- 1.1 Doing Well—But with Underlying Problems -- 1.2 Locating the Content of the Biopsychosocial Model -- 1.3 The General Model: Biopsychosocial Ontology and Interactions -- 2. Biology Involves Regulatory Control of Physical–Chemical Energetic Processes -- 2.1 The New Biology/Biomedicine -- 2.2 The Limitations of Physicalism -- 2.3 Current Biomedicine Is Conducive to the Biopsychosocial Model -- 3. Psychology Regulates Activity in the Social World -- 3.1 The Psychological as Embodied Agency -- 3.2 Biopsychosocial Conditions of Agency -- 3.3 The Socio-Political: Who Gets to Control What? -- 3.4 General Theory of Biopsychosocial Systems -- 4. Biopsychosocial Conditions of Health and Disease -- 4.1 Conditions of Biopsychosocial Life -- 4.2 Biopsychosocial Conceptualisation of Health Conditions -- 4.3 Locating Causes in Biopsychosocial Systems -- 4.4 Compare and Contrast Physical and Mental Health Conditions -- 4.5 Locating the Biopsychosocial Model.
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The Stigma of Addiction : An Essential Guide

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edited by Jonathan D. Avery, Joseph J. Avery. --Cham: Springer , 2019.
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This book explores the stigma of addiction and discusses ways to improve negative attitudes for better health outcomes. Written by experts in the field of addiction, the text takes a reader-friendly approach to the essentials of addiction stigma across settings and demographics. The authors reveal the challenges patients face in the spaces that should be the safest, including the home, the workplace, the justice system, and even the clinical community. The text aims to deliver tools to professi…
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Avery, Jonathan D.
Avery, Joseph J.
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edited by Jonathan D. Avery, Joseph J. Avery
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 220 p. 8 illus., 6 illus. in color)
ISBN
9783030025809
9783030025793 (Print ed.)
9783030025816 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Behavior, Addictive
Social Marginalization
Social Stigma
Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
Vulnerable Populations
Specialty
Addiction Medicine
Social Medicine
Abstract
This book explores the stigma of addiction and discusses ways to improve negative attitudes for better health outcomes. Written by experts in the field of addiction, the text takes a reader-friendly approach to the essentials of addiction stigma across settings and demographics. The authors reveal the challenges patients face in the spaces that should be the safest, including the home, the workplace, the justice system, and even the clinical community. The text aims to deliver tools to professionals who work with individuals with substance use disorders and lay persons seeking to combat stigma and promote recovery. The Stigma of Addiction is an excellent resource for psychiatrists, addiction medicine specialists, students across specialties, researchers, public health officials, and individuals with substance use disorders and their families.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Self-Stigma and Addiction -- 3. “Bad Parents,” “Codependents,” and Other Stigmatizing Myths About Substance Use Disorder in the Family -- 4. The Stigma of Addiction in Romantic Relationships -- 5. The Language of Stigma and Addiction -- 6. The Stigma of Addiction in the Medical Community -- 7. Stigma and Addiction Treatment -- 8. Race, Stigma, and Addiction -- 9. Addiction Stigma in the US Legal System -- 10. The Stigma of Addiction in the Workplace -- 11. Stigma of Addiction in the Media.
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e-Book
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Critical Dietetics and Critical Nutrition Studies

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John Coveney, Sue Booth, editors. --Cham: Springer , 2019.
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This second volume in the Food Policy series focuses on critical nutrition and dietetics studies, offering an innovative and interdisciplinary exploration of the complexities of the food supply and the actors in it through a new critical lens. The volume provides an overview of the growth of critical nutrition and dietetics since its inception in 2009, as well as commentary on its continuing relevance and its applicability in the fields of dietetic education, research, and practice. Chapters ad…
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Coveney, John
Booth, Sue
Responsibility
John Coveney, Sue Booth, editors
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 175 p.) : 2 illus.
Series
Food Policy
Series Title
Food policy
ISBN
9783030031138
9783030031121 (Print ed.)
9783030031145 (Print ed.)
ISSN
2365-4295
Subjects (MeSH)
Dietetics - ethics
Food Supply
Nutrition Policy
Social Justice
Specialty
Nutritional Sciences
Social Medicine
Abstract
This second volume in the Food Policy series focuses on critical nutrition and dietetics studies, offering an innovative and interdisciplinary exploration of the complexities of the food supply and the actors in it through a new critical lens. The volume provides an overview of the growth of critical nutrition and dietetics since its inception in 2009, as well as commentary on its continuing relevance and its applicability in the fields of dietetic education, research, and practice. Chapters address key topics such as how to bring critical dietetics into conventional practice, applying critical diets in clinical practice, policy applications, and new perspectives on training and educating a critical nutrition and dietetic workforce. Contributing authors from around the globe also discuss the role of critical nutrition dietetics in industry, private practice, and consultancy, as well the role of critical dietetics in addressing the food, hunger, and health issues associated with the world economic crisis. The authors designed the volume to be a reference work for students enrolled in undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Critical Nutrition, Critical Food Studies, and Critical Dietetics. Each chapter offers concise aims and learning outcomes, as well as assignments for students and a concise chapter summary. These features enhance the value of the volume as a learning tool.
Contents
1. The History of Critical Dietetics: The Story of Finding Each Other -- 2. Critical Dietetics: Axiological Foundations -- 3. Swimming Upstream: Bringing Critical Dietetics into Conventional Practice -- 4. Awakening the Possibilities: An Exploration of Critical Nutrition and Dietetic Training and Education -- 5. Critical Perspectives in Clinical Nutrition Practice -- 6. Reshaping the Food System Using Food Democracy: Reorienting Consumer and Dietetic Practice -- 7. Critical Dietetics and Sustainable Food Systems -- 8. ‘Eating Right’: Critical Dietetics, Dietitians and Ethics -- 9. Food, Dietetics, and Imperialism -- 10. Social Justice, Health Equity, and Advocacy: What Are Our Roles?
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