TY  - BOOK
AU  - U'Ren,Richard
TI  - Social Perspective: The Missing Element in Mental Health Practice 
SN  - 9781442642966
AV  - RC455 .U74 2011eb
U1  - 362.2/0420973 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Toronto : 
PB  - University of Toronto Press, 
KW  - Health
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Mental health
KW  - Mental illness
KW  - Social psychiatry
KW  - DISCOUNT-B
KW  - PSYCHOLOGY / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 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 --; Appendix: Reading for a Social Perspective --; Notes --; References --; Index; restricted access
N2  - 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. U'Ren investigates how access to income, education, and social affiliations buffers individuals against stress and facilitates coping. He demonstrates that those who lack access to such resources suffer the poorest health and the greatest mental distress - a problem that has only grown more challenging with rising inequality. Adding a new dimension to understandings of mental health, mental illness, and psychological distress, Social Perspective offers clinicians a concise account of society's impact on the individual
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442695207
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442695207
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781442695207/original
ER  -