Principles of Social Psychiatry, 2nd Edition

Social psychiatry is concerned with the effects of the social environment on the mental health of the individual, and with the effects of the person with a mental disorder on his/her social environment. The field encompasses social interventions, prevention and the promotion of mental health. This new edition of Principles of Social Psychiatry provides a broad overview of current thinking in this expanding field and will be a source of ideas both in research and for the management of mental disorder. It opens by putting social psychiatry in perspective, within both psychiatry and the social sciences. From the patient’s perspective, the outermost influence is the culture in which they live, followed by their neighbourhoods, workmates, and friends and family. The next section considers how we conceptualize the social world, from families through cultural identify and ethnicity to the wider social environment. The book reviews the social determinants and consequences of the major mental disorders before considering interventions and service delivery at various levels to mitigate these. It closes with a review of the social impact of mental illness around the world and a thoughtful essay by the editors on the current state of social psychiatry and where it is heading.

Table of Contents

Part One: Perspectives and methods
Chapter 1 The historical development of social psychiatry
Chapter 2 Why psychiatry has to be social
Chapter 3 Categories and continuums
Chapter 4 Social, biological and personal constructions of mental illness
Chapter 5 Social science perspectives: a failure of the sociological imagination
Chapter 6 Concepts and challenges in capturing dynamics of the wider social environment
Chapter 7 Qualitative research methods

Part Two: Components of the social world
Chapter 8 The social epidemiology of mental disorder
Chapter 9 Families and psychosis
Chapter 10 Culture and its influence on diagnosis and management
Chapter 11 Culture and identity
Chapter 12 Globalization and psychiatry
Chapter 13 Trauma and disasters in social and cultural context

Part Three: Social determinants
Chapter 14 Fundamental social causes of health inequalities
Chapter 15 The sociodevelopmental origins of psychosis
Chapter 16 Depression
Chapter 17 Common mental disorders
Chapter 18 Suicide
Chapter 19 Personality disorder
Chapter 20 Drug use, drug problems and drug addiction: social influences and social responses
Chapter 21 Eating disorders
Chapter 22 Social factors that influence child mental health
Chapter 23 Social determinants of late life disorders

Part Four: Social consequences and responses
Chapter 24 Responses to the onset of mental health problems: issues and findings from research on illness behaviour and the use of health services
Chapter 25 Gender and reproductive health
Chapter 26 Stigma and discrimination
Chapter 27 Taking inequality’s measure: poverty, displacement, unemployment and mental health
Chapter 28 Health economics and psychiatry: the pursuit of efficiency

Part Five: Social interventions
Chapter 29 Team structures in community mental health
Chapter 30 Prevention
Chapter 31 Principles of social intervention
Chapter 32 Social interventions for psychosis
Chapter 33 Social management of common mental disorders
Chapter 34 Problem-solving therapy for people with personality disorders
Chapter 35 Social support
Chapter 36 Modern social networking and mental health
Chapter 37 The psychiatric–child protection interface: research to inform practice

Part Six: Global mental health
Chapter 38 Mental health in Europe: learning from differences
Chapter 39 East meets west: current mental health burdens in greater China
Chapter 40 Social psychiatry in India
Chapter 41 Social psychiatry in Africa: Evidence and Challenges
Chapter 42 Social psychiatry in the Americas
Chapter 43 Where next for social psychiatry?