Psychiatry in Society

Product Description

Psychiatry in Society provides an overview of the recent socio-economic and cultural changes affecting mental health and mental health care.

These changes include:

* The increasing complexity of the economic contexts within which mental health services are funded and delivered
* The demand for cost-effectiveness evidence
* The rationing of access to new pharmacotherapies and psychotherapies
* The emergence of quality of life as an essential criterion in the assessment of health care interventions
* The growing awareness of the influence of stigma on shaping the long-term course of severe mental disorders
* The enhanced role of advocacy groups in providing information, advice and support to sufferers

This book will be of interest to psychiatrists and psychologists, mental health workers, managers and policy makers.

Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #3917967 in Books
* Published on: 2002-05-30
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Hardcover
* 304 pages

Editorial Reviews

Review
"...a necessary item in any list of readings..." (Human Nature Review, 15 October 2002)

"…in each chapter there is the sense of the author’s individual voice conveying a wealth of experience and judgement…" (British Journal of Psychiatry, May 2003)

Book Info
Based in part on a presentation delivered at the 11th World Congress of Psychiatry, held in Hamburg, Germany on August 6-11, 1999. Provides an overview of the recent socio-economic and cultural changes affecting mental health and mental health care. For psychiatrists and psychologists, mental health workers, managers, and policy makers.

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Psychiatry in Society provides an overview of the recent socio-economic and cultural changes affecting mental health and mental health care.

These changes include:

* The increasing complexity of the economic contexts within which mental health services are funded and delivered
* The demand for cost-effectiveness evidence
* The rationing of access to new pharmacotherapies and psychotherapies
* The emergence of quality of life as an essential criterion in the assessment of health care interventions
* The growing awareness of the influence of stigma on shaping the long-term course of severe mental disorders
* The enhanced role of advocacy groups in providing information, advice and support to sufferers.

This book will be of interest to psychiatrists and psychologists, mental health workers, managers and policy makers.