{"product_id":"mental-health-and-social-space-9781405168922","title":"Mental Health and Social Space","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough a series of case studies this book brings to the fore the voices, lives, and capacities of people with mental health problems as well as the difficulties they face. It effectively demonstrates the ways people with mental health problems are active in re-scripting versions of social recovery through their use of very different community spaces.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style:\" none\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a ''hopeful epistemology'' not typically found in mental health-related research\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInterrogates neo-liberal dogma that defines people with mental health problems as active social citizens wholly responsible for their own recoveries and acceptance\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings to the fore the voices of, lives, capacities and difficulties facing people with mental health problems\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eImaginatively differentiates rural, urban, interest and technological communities, disrupting familiar and conventional accounts of social inclusion and ''the local''\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u0026lt;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hester Parr's book delivers a welcome and unusually close-up engagement with the practiced geographies of mental health. In particular it seeks to extend our grasp of how individuals with mental health problems feel; how they relate to community, citizenship and how they contribute to the constitution of their social spaces\". (Area Book Reviews, 2010)\"Hester Parr's book delivers a welcome and unusually close-up engagement with the practiced geographies of mental health.\" (Area, December 2010)  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This inspiring book offers a highly original account of the social spaces created and inhabited by people with mental health problems. Hester Parr paints a vivid picture, which foregrounds hopeful possibilities for empowerment and integration. It will be invaluable to anyone seeking to understand mental (ill) health in the twenty-first century.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLiz Bondi, University of Edinburgh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Parr’s efforts to advance a 'cautious optimism”'about the lived social geographies of people with mental health problems, based on rich empirical material and thoughtful conceptual articulation, make this an essential read for anyone interested in the changing social geographies of mental health. The book also has considerable relevance for broader debates about social inclusion and active citizenship in contemporary Western societies.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Wilton, McMaster University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Parr has … redefine[ed] ‘the mental patient’, a crucial undertaking if social citizenship for people with mental illness is to become an enduring reality.” \u003ci\u003eMetapsychology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This book could appeal to psychologists who enjoy relevant work in other disciplines, who find ideas of people like Freud and Foucault interesting, and who value small case studies.” \u003ci\u003ePsycCritiques\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of figures. \u003cp\u003eSeries editors' preface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface and acknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Geographies of difference: understanding mental (ill) health and social space.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Placing mental health: community, inclusion and citizenship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Cultural landscapes: rural communities and mental health.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Therapeutic natures? urban gardening, citizenship and social inclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Artistic spaces: the arts and mental health.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Virtual communities: the Internet and on-line geographies of self-help.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: innovative geographies of mental health.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407901335895,"sku":"9781405168922","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405168922.jpg?v=1730500901","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mental-health-and-social-space-9781405168922","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}