A Manifesto for Mental Health Why We Need a Revolution in Mental Health Care /

• Main Author: Kinderman, Peter (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Clinical psychology.; Critical psychology.; Psychiatry.; Medical policy.; Community psychology.; Environmental psychology.; Popular Science in Psychology.; Clinical Psychology.; Critical Psychology.; Health Policy.; Community and Environmental Psychology.

'Peter Kinderman has now firmly established himself as one of the most creative and insightful thinkers in mental health today. A paradigm shift in mental health is underway and with this excellent book Kinderman is set to be at its helm.' - Dr James Davies, Roehampton University, UK '...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Events and Consequences
• Chapter 3: We are not the Slaves of our Brains
• Chapter 4: Making Sense of Things
• Chapter 5: Labels are for Products, Not People
• Chapter 6: Appreciating the Functions of Diagnoses
• Chapter 7: A Phenomenological Approach
• Chapter 8: Formulation and the Scientific Method
• Chapter 9: The Drugs Don't Work - The Difference between Curing and Helping
• Chapter 10 Residential Care; Hotels Not Hospitals
• Chapter 11: The Mental Health Act
• Chapter 12: Working Practices
• Chapter 13: The Social and Political Prerequisites for Genuine Psychological Health and Well-Being
• Chapter 14: A Manifesto.