Produktbild: Mental Health Worldwide

Mental Health Worldwide

Lieferzeit: Lieferbar innerhalb 14 Tagen

106,99 €

inkl. 7 % MwSt. zzgl. Versandkosten

Culture, Globalization and Development

ISBN: 1137329599
ISBN 13: 9781137329592
Autor: Fernando, S
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: xii, 210 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.04.2014
Auflage: 1/2014
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: Gebunden

Adds another strong title to complement the others in our portfolio of critical mental health booksGlobalization of health care and health services is an increasingly important topic, and mental health is increasingly been seen as integral to overall healthLikely interest in sociology, anthropology, development studies and public health as well as psychology

Artikelnummer: 9056106 Kategorie:

Beschreibung

Offers a perceptive critique of the universalized model of psychiatry and its apparent exportation from the West to the developing world. Rooted in detailed analysis of the problems this causes, the book proposes new suggestions for advancing the field of mental health and wellbeing in a way that is ethical, sustainable and culturally sensitive.

Autorenporträt

Suman Fernando is Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at London Metropolitan University, UK. Before that he was Senior Lecturer at the European Centre for Migration and Social Care at the University of Kent, UK, and consultant psychiatrist in the National Health Service for over twenty years. He is active in non-governmental organizations in UK and abroad, as well as being consultant to capacity development programmes in Sri Lanka. He has written and lectured widely on mental health development. In 2011 he was given the Lifetime Achievement Award for Culture, Race and Mental Health by the University of Toronto, Canada.

Herstellerkennzeichnung:


Springer Verlag GmbH
Tiergartenstr. 17
69121 Heidelberg
DE

E-Mail: juergen.hartmann@springer.com

Das könnte Ihnen auch gefallen …