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Critical Perspectives on Mental Health
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This book is suited for readers interested in mental health policy, psychiatry, social movements, and critical theory, including students, academics, and mental health professionals.
Using the British mental health services as a case study, this book critically reviews the various social, political and intellectual developments which have shaped psychiatric practice and the delivery of mental health services.
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This text seeks to explore and evaluate the claims of what implications the critiques of these perspectives have for practice. Using the British mental health services as a case study, the book critically reviews the various social, political, and intellectual developments which have shaped psychiatric practice and the delivery of mental health services.
By evaluating the impact which new social and political movements of the 60s and 70s such as anti-racism, anti-psychiatry, and radical feminism had on psychiatric thought, the authors argue that these movements led to challenges to the legitimacy of psychiatry. Using theoretical frameworks borrowed from critical criminology, these competing critiques are evaluated and the problems which affect the practice of mental health care in the 21st century are considered.
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"Using the British mental health services as a case study, Coppock and Hopton critically review the various social, political, and intellectual developments that have shaped psychiatric practice and the delivery of mental health services." – Book News, August 2000.
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ISBN: 9781857288797
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 03 February 2000
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 138.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 870g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Vicki Coppock is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Social Work at Edge Hill College; John Hopton is a Lecturer in Applied Social Studies at the University of Manchester.
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