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008			160820t20172017enka b 001 0 eng d
020			_a9781137360984
060	0	0	_aWM 31.5
100	1		_aWalker, Carl _eauthor
245	1	0	_aBuilding a new community psychology of mental health : _bspaces, places, people and activities
264		1	_aLondon : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _c2017
300			_ax, 199p
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThis book provides a much-needed account of informal community-based approaches to working with mental distress. It starts from the premise that contemporary mainstream psychiatry and psychology struggle to capture how distress results from complex embodied arrays of social experiences that are embedded within specific historical, cultural, political and economic settings. The authors challenge mainstream understandings of mental health that position a naive public in need of mental health literacy. Instead it is clear that a considerable amount of invaluable mental distress work is undertaken in spaces in our communities that are not understood as mental health treatments. This book represents one of the first attempts to position these kinds of spaces at the center of how we understand and address problems of mental distress and suffering. The chapters draw on case studies from the UK and abroad to point toward an exciting new paradigm based on informal community and socially oriented approaches to mental health. Written in an unusually accessible and engaging style, this book will appeal to social science students, academics, practitioners and policy makers interested in community and social approaches to mental health.
650	1	4	_aPsychological theory _97588
650	1	4	_aPatient and public involvement _913393
650	1	2	_aCommunity mental health services
650	1	4	_aPublic health _97621
700	1		_aHart, Angie _eauthor
700	1		_aHanna, Paul _eauthor
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