The Palgrave handbook of adult mental health : discourse and conversation studies /

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Imprint:Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10809724
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Other authors / contributors:O'Reilly, Michelle, editor.
Lester, Jessica Nina, editor.
ISBN:9781137496850 (electronic bk.)
1137496851 (electronic bk.)
9781137496843
1137496843
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Other form:Electronic version: Palgrave handbook of adult mental health. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016 9781137496850
Original 9781137496843 1137496843
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This Handbook gathers together empirical and theoretical chapters from leading scholars and clinicians to examine the broad issue of adult mental health. The contributors draw upon data from a variety of contexts to illustrate the multiple ways in which language as action can assist us in better understanding the discursive practices that surround adult mental health. Conversation and discourse analysis are useful, related approaches for the study of mental health conditions, particularly when underpinned by a social constructionist framework. In the field of mental health, the use of these two approaches is growing, with emergent implications for adults with mental health conditions, their practitioners, and/or their families.

Divided into four parts; Reconceptualising Mental Health and Illness; Naming, Labelling and Diagnosing; The Discursive Practice of Psychiatry; and Therapy and Interventions; this Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of current debates regarding adult mental health.

Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781137496850
1137496851
9781137496843
1137496843