The age of insanity : modernity and mental health /

The age of insanity : modernity and mental health /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Schumaker, John F., 1949-
Imprint:	Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 224 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Mental health. Civilization, Modern -- 1950- Cultural Characteristics. Mental Disorders -- etiology. Mental Health. Social Change. Social Conditions -- trends. Social Problems -- psychology. Civilization, Modern. Mental health.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11145049

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ISBN:	9780313075698 0313075697 0275970523 9780275970529
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-195) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	Annotation Focuses on the psychological and emotional relationship of individuals impacted by the conditions of modern society.
Other form:	Print version: Schumaker, John F., 1949- Age of insanity. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The Human Context of Modernity
Megatrends in Identity, Consciousness, and Psychological Defense
Materialism, Consumption, and Mental Health
The Cultural Dynamics of Western Depression
The New Anxiety
Modernity and Interpersonal Health
Spiritual and Existential Health
Mental Health and the Physical World
The New Mental Health Worker.