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Key Concepts in Mental Health

Paperback | English

By (author): David Pilgrim

Now in an updated fifth edition, this book provides readers with overviews of all the key theories, concepts and terminology associated with mental health, summarising them succinctly in a series of easily digestible yet expertly written entries.

Structured into four sections, the text starts with entries related to Mental Health and Mental Abnormality, before moving onto Mental Health Services and Society.

The new edition offers:

  • 68 concise chapters including new entries on ADHD, Secondary Prevention, Challenges for Practitioners, and The Impact of Social Media on Mental Health.
  • Updates across all chapters to make the content more in-line with contemporary critical debates in mental health, including new terminology and references to modern mental health services.
  • A new contextualising introduction on the sticky subject of mental health terminology.
  • Additional further reading examples and suggestions

An essential guide for students of mental health studies, health, nursing, social work, psychology, counselling and psychotherapy.

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Product Details
  • Format: Paperback
  • Weight: 520g
  • Dimensions: 170 x 242mm
  • Publication Date: 11 Dec 2019
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781526493132

About David Pilgrim

David Pilgrim is Honorary Professor of Health and Social Policy University of Liverpool UK and Visiting Professor of Clinical Psychology University of Southampton. After training and working as a clinical psychologist he completed a PhD examining psychotherapy in the organisational setting of the British NHS. He then went on to complete a Master''s in sociology. He has worked at the boundary between clinical psychology and medical sociology for the past 20 years and has produced over 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals based upon his research into mental health policy and practice. His years working in the British NHS provided him with extensive everyday experience of the theoretical and policy aspects of mental health expressed in practical settings. One of his books A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness (3rd edition Open University Press 2005) co-authored with Anne Rogers won the British Medical Association''s medical book of the year award for 2006. Currently he is writing a book on child sexual abuse and public policy.

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