Principles of Social Psychiatry

Social psychiatry is concerned with the effects of the social environment on the mental health of the individual, and with the effects of the person with a mental disorder on his/her social environment. The field encompasses social interventions, prevention and the promotion of mental health. This new edition of Principles of Social Psychiatry provides a broad overview of current thinking in this expanding field and will be a source of ideas both in research and for the management of mental disorder. It opens by putting social psychiatry in perspective, within both psychiatry and the social sciences. From the patient's perspective, the outermost influence is the culture in which they live, followed by their neighbourhoods, workmates, and friends and family. The next section considers how we conceptualize the social world, from families through cultural identify and ethnicity to the wider social environment. The book reviews the social determinants and consequences of the major mental disorders before considering interventions and service delivery at various levels to mitigate these. It closes with a review of the social impact of mental illness around the world and a thoughtful essay by the editors on the current state of social psychiatry and where it is heading.

Social psychiatry is concerned with the effects of the socialenvironment on the mental health of the individual, and with theeffects of the person with a mental disorder on his/her socialenvironment. The field encompasses social interventions, preventionand the promotion of mental health. This new edition ofPrinciples of Social Psychiatry provides a broad overview ofcurrent thinking in this expanding field and will be a source ofideas both in research and for the management of mental disorder.It opens by putting social psychiatry in perspective, within bothpsychiatry and the social sciences. From the patient's perspectivethe outermost influence is the culture in which they live, followedby their neighbourhoods, workmates, and friends and family. Thenext section considers how we conceptualize the social world, fromfamilies through cultural identify and ethnicity to the widersocial environment.The book reviews the social determinants and consequences of themajor mental disorders before considering interventions and servicedelivery at various levels to mitigate these. It closes with areview of the social impact of mental illness around the world anda thoughtful essay by the editors on the current state of socialpsychiatry and where it is heading.

Foreword by Mario Maj, President of World Psychiatric AssociationPreface: Social Psychiatry: From Here to There? Dinesh Bhugra and Craig MorganPerspectives and MethodsThe Historical Development of Social Psychiatry Julian LeffWhy Psychiatry has to be Social Paul BebbingtonSocial science perspectives: a failure of the sociological imagination Craig Morgan and Arthur KleinmanCategories and Continuums Peter TyrerSocial, Biological and Personal Construction of Mental Illness Derek BoltonSocial Epidemiology Ronald Kessler, Philip S Wang and Hans-Ulrich WittchenQualtitative Research Methods Joanna MurrayConceptualising the Social WorldFamilies and Psychosis Juliana Onwumere, Ben Smith and Elizabeth KuipersCulture and its Influence on Diagnosis and Management Dinesh Bhugra and Susham GuptaCulture and Identity Julian LeffConcepts and Challenges in Capturing Dynamics of the Wider Social Environment Stephani Hatch and Dana MarchGlobalization and Psychiatry Rahul Bhattacharya and Dinesh BhugraTrauma and Disasters in Social and Cultural Context Laurence J Kirmayer, Hanna Kienzler, Abdel Hamid Afana and Duncan PedersenSocial DeterminantsFundamental Social Causes Bruce Link and Jo PhelanPsychosis Craig Morgan and Gerard HutchinsonDepression Tom K J CraigCommon Mental Disorders Christoph LauberSuicide Gwendolyn Portzky and Kees van HeeringenSocial Determinants: Personality Disorder Priya Bajaj and Mike CrawfordAddictions John StrangEating Disorders Mervat NasserSocial Factors that Influence Child Mental Health Nisha DograSocial Determinants of Later Life Disorders Robert StewartSocial Consequences and ResponsesResponses to the Onset of Mental Health Problems: Issues and Findings from Research on Illness Behaviour and the Use of Health Services Bernice PescosolidoGender and Reproductive Health Louise HowardStigma and Discrimination Graham Thornicroft, Nisha Mehta, Elaine Brohan and Aliya KassamPoverty, Unemployment and Homelessness Kim HopperHealth Economics and Psychiatry: The Pursuit of Efficiency Martin Knapp and Jennifer BeechamSocial InterventionsTeam Structures in Community Mental Health Tom BurnsPrevention Tristan McGeorge, Sean Cross and Rachel JenkinsPrinciples of Social Intervention Richard WarnerSocial Interventions for Psychosis David Kingdon, Yoshihiro Kinoshita and Stefan GleesonSocial Management of Common Mental Disorders Patricia R CaseyProblem Solving Therapy for People with Personality Disorders Mary McMurran, Christine Maguth Nezu and Arthur M NezuSocial Support Traolach S BrughaModern Social Networking and Mental Health Keir Jones, James Wollard and Dinesh BhugraThe Psychiatric Child Protection: Research to Inform Practice Colin PritchardGlobal Mental HealthMental Health in Europe: Learning from Differences Mirella Ruggeri and Maria Elena BertaniEast meets West - Current Mental Health Burdens in Greater China Roger Ng and Zhanjiang LiSocial Psychiatry in India R Thara and R PadmavatiAfrica Oye Guraje and Victor MakanjuolaSocial Psychiatry in the Americas Pedro RuizEpilogue: Where Next for Social Psychiatry? Dinesh Bhugra and Craig Morgan