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1 online resource (x, 219 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Social Perspective: An Introduction for Psychiatrists and Other Clinicians -- 1 Social Perspective -- 2 Socioeconomic Status, Psychiatric Disorder, and Psychological Distress -- 3 Social Class -- 4 Growing Inequality: Causes and Consequences -- 5 Work and Whitehall -- 6 Links between Socioeconomic Status, Well-Being, and Distress -- 7 Class Differences in Psychotherapy -- 8 The DSM, Disorder, and Distress -- 9 Social Perspective in Practice -- 10 In Closing. |
| Summary |
"Social Perspective explores the impact of social factors on individual health, a topic often overlooked in the practice of psychiatry, psychology, and medicine. Richard U'Ren synthesizes viewpoints and information usually dispersed among many disciplines to show how social roles, political-economic conditions, and the social stratification system all contribute to individual well-being or disorder. U'Ren investigates how access to income, education, and social affiliations buffers individuals against stress and facilitates coping. He demonstrates that those who lack access to such resources suffer the poorest health and the greatest mental distress - a problem that has only grown more challenging with rising inequality. Adding a new dimension to understandings of mental health, mental illness, and psychological distress, Social Perspective offers clinicians a concise account of society's impact on the individual."--Pub. desc. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social psychiatry -- United States.
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Social psychiatry. |
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United States. |
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Mental illness -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Mental illness -- Social aspects. |
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Mental health -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Mental health -- Social aspects. |
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Mental health. |
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Health -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Health -- Social aspects. |
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Equality -- Health aspects -- United States.
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Equality -- Health aspects. |
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Mental Disorders -- psychology. |
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Socioeconomic Factors. |
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Mental Health. |
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Psychology, Social. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Social perspective. Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2011 9781442642966 1442642963 (DLC) 2011293068 (OCoLC)758648574 |
| ISBN |
9781442695207 (electronic book) |
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144269520X (electronic book) |
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9781442695214 (electronic book) |
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1442695218 (electronic book) |
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9781442642966 (alkaline paper) |
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1442642963 (alkaline paper) |
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