Mental health and illness in the city /

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Imprint:Singapore : Springer, [2017]
Description:1 online resource (xxi, 489 pages) : 15 illustrations, 10 illustrations in color
Language:English
Series:Mental Health and Illness Worldwide, 2511-8323
Mental health and illness worldwide,
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11384901
Related Items:Contained in: Springer Nature Living Reference
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Other authors / contributors:Okkels, Niels, editor.
Kristiansen, Christina Blanner, editor.
Munk-Jørgensen, Povl, editor.
ISBN:9789811023279
9811023271
9789811023262
9811023263
9789811007521
9811007527
9789811023255
9811023255
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:This book highlights a broad range of issues on mental health and illness in large cities. It presents the epidemiology of mental disorders in cities, cultural issues of urban mental health care, and community care in large cities and urban slums. It also includes chapters on homelessness, crime and racism - problems that are increasingly prevalent in many cities world wide. Finally, it looks at the increasing challenges of mental disorders in rapidly growing cities. The book is aimed at an international audience and includes contributions from clinicians and researchers worldwide.
Other form:Printed edition: 9789811023255
Standard no.:10.1007/978-981-10-2327-9
10.1007/978-981-10-0