| Description |
x, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Equality -- Health aspects -- United States.
|
|
Equality -- Health aspects.
|
|
Health -- Social aspects -- United States.
|
|
Health -- Social aspects.
|
|
Mental health -- Social aspects -- United States.
|
|
Mental health -- Social aspects.
|
|
Mental illness -- Social aspects -- United States.
|
|
Mental illness -- Social aspects.
|
|
Social psychiatry -- United States.
|
|
Social psychiatry.
|
| LC no. |
2011293068 |
| ISBN |
1442642963 |
|
9781442642966 |
|
