Social Approaches to Mental Distress Tew Jerry
Over-reliance on biological models in mental health practice has resulted in growing discontent from practitioners and service users, who know that social factors also have a major impact on people's…
Specifikacia Social Approaches to Mental Distress Tew Jerry
Over-reliance on biological models in mental health practice has resulted in growing discontent from practitioners and service users, who know that social factors also have a major impact on people's mental health. Social approaches enable practitioners to promote recovery in ways that move beyond the limitations of biomedical treatments.Championing a range of innovative approaches, this timely book offers a holistic model for understanding and responding to mental distress. It places mental health within its broader social context, encouraging engagement with not just the person experiencing mental distress, but also their family and wider social world.Drawing on relevant theory and research evidence, the author:Considers the inter-relationships between social circumstances, life events and mental distressExplores the roots of mental distress and its