Examining mental health through social constructionism : the language of mental health /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	O'Reilly, Michelle.
Imprint:	Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	The language of mental health Language of mental health (Series)
Subject:	Mental health -- Social aspects. Social constructionism. Language arts. Mental health. Mental Health. Language arts. Mental health. Mental health -- Social aspects. Social constructionism.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11361800

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Other authors / contributors:	Lester, Jessica Nina.
ISBN:	9783319600956 3319600958 9783319600949 331960094X
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 17, 2017).
Summary:	This book explores social constructionism and the language of mental distress. Mental health research has traditionally been dominated by genetic and biomedical explanations that provide only partial explanations. However, process research that utilises qualitative methods has grown in popularity. Situated within this new strand of research, the authors examine and critically assess some of the different contributions that social constructionism has made to the study of mental distress and to how those diagnosed are conceptualized and labeled. This will be an invaluable introduction and source of practical strategies for academics, researchers and students as well as clinical practitioners, mental health professionals, and others working with mental health such as educationalists and social workers.
Other form:	Print version: O'Reilly, Michelle. Examining mental health through social constructionism : the language of mental health. Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2017 xvii, 366 pages Language of Mental Health 9783319600949
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-319-60095-6

Table of Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Critical Turn to Language in the Field of Mental Health
2. History of Mental Health and Mental Illness
3. Classification Systems and Diagnostic Processes
4. Critical Perspectives in Psychiatry: Anti- and Critical Psychiatry
5. Models of Disability and the Translation to Psychiatric Categories
6. Constructions of Stigma
7. Rhetoric of Evidence-Based Practice
8. Language-Based Methodologies for Studying Mental Health
9. Empirical Examples: Language, Mental Health, and Therapeutic Approaches
10. Empirical Examples: Language and Child Mental Health
11. Conclusions: Thinking About the Future of Mental Health.

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