| Social Support and Psychiatric Disorder: Research Findings and Guidelines for Clinical Practice Contributor(s): Brugha, T. S. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521442389 ISBN-13: 9780521442381 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $175.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1995 Annotation: When considering influences on psychological ill health and mental illness, personal relationships are generally conceived to play an important role. It is therefore perhaps surprising that, despite much research in this area, there is so little evidence available from intervention studies to guide management practices. This second volume in a series looking at the social dimensions of mental illness collates and critically examines the information currently available on social support as it affects mental health. Practitioners and researchers in psychiatry, psychology and social work are certain to welcome this timely guide. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychopathology - General - Medical | Psychiatry - General - Psychology | Mental Health |
| Dewey: 616.89 |
| LCCN: 94048028 |
| Series: Studies in Social & Community Psychiatry |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 6.28" W x 9.3" (1.38 lbs) 364 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book collates and analyzes the information currently available on social support as it impacts on mental health. The international team of contributors covers a whole range of perspectives on mental illness, from biological mechanisms to psychological and social theory. The book begins with an overview of the latest published evidence and a description of the nature and origins of social support, which is followed by evidence from observational studies and specific interventions and trials. The text concludes with a summary that will act as a valuable resource to practitioners in their evaluation of social and psychological treatments and should also serve to stimulate further research and intervention trials. Practitioners and researchers in psychiatry, psychology and social work are certain to welcome this timely guide. |