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Urban mental health

Contributor(s): Series: Oxford Cultural PsychiatryPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019Description: xiii, 370p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780198804949 (hbk.) :
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WM 55.
Contents:
Section 1 1: Introduction, Dinesh Bhugra, Antonio Ventriglio, and Joao Castaldelli-Maia 2: Sociology and the Study of Cities, Anthony M. Orum 3: Urban design and mental health, Layla McCay 4: Globalisation and Urbanization, Debby Darmansjah,Gurvinder Kalra, Dinesh Bhugra 5: Internal Migration and internal boundaries, Antonio Ventriglio and Dinesh Bhugra 6: Why urban environments matter for refugee mental health, Peter Schofield 7: Urbanization and mental health, M. G. Carta and Dinesh Bhugra 8: Urbanization and marginalization, Michael Krausz, V. Strehlau, Fiona Choi, Kerry L. Jang 9: Neuroscience of mental illness in the city, Jan Golembiewski 10: The Psychogenic City, Francesca Solmi and James B. Kirkbride 11: Cross- Cultural Contact: psychosis and the city in modern life, Shuo Zhang, Vishal Bhavsar, and Dinesh Bhugra Section 2 12: Research challenges, Todd Litman 13: Urban design for adolescent mental health, Jenny Roe and Alice Roe 14: What has changed in the reported children s behavioral problems in Mexico City over a 13-year perioda 15: Common mental disorders in cities, Santosh Chaturvedi and Narayana Manjunatha, 16: Suicide in cities, Kairi Kõlves, Victoria Ross, Diego de Leo 17: Sex in the city, Dinesh Bhugra, Antonio Ventriglio 18: Gender and Sexual Minorities: Mental Health Issues in Urban Settings, Richard Bradlow, Neha Singh, Suraj Beloskar, Gurvinder Kalra 19: A Tale of Two Cities: Urban Mental Health in Vancouver, Canada and New York City, U.S.A., Kerry L. Jang, Michael Krausz, Christopher Van Veen, and Michael Jae Song Section 3 20: A case study: urban design for mental health in Tokyo, Layla McCay, Emily Suzuki and Anna Chang 21: Urban Mental Health Strategies, Tod Litman 22: Re-Conceptualising Urban Spaces: Towards Recovery and Reintegration of Women Living with Mental Disorders, Shubhada Maitra 23: Work, worklessness and mental health., Jed Boardman and Tom K. J. Craig 24: Conclusions, Dinesh Bhugra, Antonio Ventriglio, João Castaldelli-Maia, and Layla McCay
Summary: Over the past fifty years we have seen an enormous demographic shift in the number of people migrating to urban areas, proliferated by factors such as industrialisation and globalisation. Urban migration has led to numerous societal stressors such as pollution, overcrowding, unemployment, and lack of social resources, which in turn has contributed to psychiatric disorders within urban spaces. Rates of mental illness, addictions, and violence are higher in urban areas and changes in social network systems and support have increased levels of social isolation and lack of social capital. Part of the Oxford Cultural Psychiatry series, Urban Mental Health brings together international perspectives on urbanisation, its impacts on mental health, the nature of the built environment, and the dynamic nature of social engagement. Containing 24 chapters on key topics such as research challenges, adolescent mental health, and suicides in cities, this resource provides a refreshing look at the challenges faced by clinicians and mental health care professionals today. Emphasis is placed on findings from low- and middle-income countries where expansion is rapid and resources limited, hoping to bridge the gap in research findings and provide solutions to infrastructural needs and care pathways. Includes contributions from urban planners, clinicians and researchers in social psychiatry and cultural psychiatry. This resource is invaluable for mental health professionals across disciplines, public health professionals, and those interested in improving urban spaces.
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Section 1
1: Introduction, Dinesh Bhugra, Antonio Ventriglio, and Joao Castaldelli-Maia
2: Sociology and the Study of Cities, Anthony M. Orum
3: Urban design and mental health, Layla McCay
4: Globalisation and Urbanization, Debby Darmansjah,Gurvinder Kalra, Dinesh Bhugra
5: Internal Migration and internal boundaries, Antonio Ventriglio and Dinesh Bhugra
6: Why urban environments matter for refugee mental health, Peter Schofield
7: Urbanization and mental health, M. G. Carta and Dinesh Bhugra
8: Urbanization and marginalization, Michael Krausz, V. Strehlau, Fiona Choi, Kerry L. Jang
9: Neuroscience of mental illness in the city, Jan Golembiewski
10: The Psychogenic City, Francesca Solmi and James B. Kirkbride
11: Cross- Cultural Contact: psychosis and the city in modern life, Shuo Zhang, Vishal Bhavsar, and Dinesh Bhugra
Section 2
12: Research challenges, Todd Litman
13: Urban design for adolescent mental health, Jenny Roe and Alice Roe
14: What has changed in the reported children s behavioral problems in Mexico City over a 13-year perioda
15: Common mental disorders in cities, Santosh Chaturvedi and Narayana Manjunatha,
16: Suicide in cities, Kairi Kõlves, Victoria Ross, Diego de Leo
17: Sex in the city, Dinesh Bhugra, Antonio Ventriglio
18: Gender and Sexual Minorities: Mental Health Issues in Urban Settings, Richard Bradlow, Neha Singh, Suraj Beloskar, Gurvinder Kalra
19: A Tale of Two Cities: Urban Mental Health in Vancouver, Canada and New York City, U.S.A., Kerry L. Jang, Michael Krausz, Christopher Van Veen, and Michael Jae Song
Section 3
20: A case study: urban design for mental health in Tokyo, Layla McCay, Emily Suzuki and Anna Chang
21: Urban Mental Health Strategies, Tod Litman
22: Re-Conceptualising Urban Spaces: Towards Recovery and Reintegration of Women Living with Mental Disorders, Shubhada Maitra
23: Work, worklessness and mental health., Jed Boardman and Tom K. J. Craig
24: Conclusions, Dinesh Bhugra, Antonio Ventriglio, João Castaldelli-Maia, and Layla McCay

Over the past fifty years we have seen an enormous demographic shift in the number of people migrating to urban areas, proliferated by factors such as industrialisation and globalisation. Urban migration has led to numerous societal stressors such as pollution, overcrowding, unemployment, and lack of social resources, which in turn has contributed to psychiatric disorders within urban spaces. Rates of mental illness, addictions, and violence are higher in urban areas and changes in social network systems and support have increased levels of social isolation and lack of social capital.

Part of the Oxford Cultural Psychiatry series, Urban Mental Health brings together international perspectives on urbanisation, its impacts on mental health, the nature of the built environment, and the dynamic nature of social engagement. Containing 24 chapters on key topics such as research challenges, adolescent mental health, and suicides in cities, this resource provides a refreshing look at the challenges faced by clinicians and mental health care professionals today. Emphasis is placed on findings from low- and middle-income countries where expansion is rapid and resources limited, hoping to bridge the gap in research findings and provide solutions to infrastructural needs and care pathways.
Includes contributions from urban planners, clinicians and researchers in social psychiatry and cultural psychiatry. This resource is invaluable for mental health professionals across disciplines, public health professionals, and those interested in improving urban spaces.

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