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Over the last forty years, there have been numerous attempts to critique the theory and practice of mental health care. Taking its lead from anti-psychiatry, Critical Perspectives on Mental Health seeks to explore and evaluate the claims of mainstream mental health ideologies and to establish what implications the critiques of these perspectives have for practice. This text will be essential reading for students and those working in the social work and mental health care professions.



Table of Contents
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

Critical Perspectives on Mental Health

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    A Paperback / softback by Vicki Coppock, John Hopton

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Publication Date: 03/02/2000
      ISBN13: 9781857288803, 978-1857288803
      ISBN10: 1857288807
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Over the last forty years, there have been numerous attempts to critique the theory and practice of mental health care. Taking its lead from anti-psychiatry, Critical Perspectives on Mental Health seeks to explore and evaluate the claims of mainstream mental health ideologies and to establish what implications the critiques of these perspectives have for practice. This text will be essential reading for students and those working in the social work and mental health care professions.



      Table of Contents
      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

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