Building a new community psychology of mental health : spaces, places, people and activities /: spaces, places, people and activities. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Carl Walker, Angie Hart, Paul Hanna.
• Authors: Walker, Carl, 1975-; Hart, Angie; Hanna, Paul
• Contents: Introduction : conceptualising mental health in the twenty-first century -- The flawed assumptions of psychology and psychiatry : a Martian analysis -- Social approaches to distress : from enclosures to fluid spaces -- 'Bike minded'--normal human encounters (on bikes) -- Fishing and youth work, or 'What is it about fishing that makes life better'? -- 'Helping them hold up their world'--parents of children with complex needs and the beneficent organisation -- I'm singing in the rain -- 'A place to be'--a cut and shut of the Brighton unemployed families centre project -- The joy of sex -- Some possible directions for the future. Acknowledgements; Contents; 1: Introduction: Conceptualising Mental Health in the Twenty-First Century; An (Admittedly Shaky) Version of the UK in 2050; The Retirement of 'Mental Health'; Back to 2016: This Book; The Chapters in This Book; References; 2: The Flawed Assumptions of Psychology and Psychiatry: A Martian Analysis; Surely Everyone Already Knows that Distress Is Social?; What the Misunderstandings Look Like When Distress Is Treated Asocially: The DSM; The Self-fulfilling Prophecy of Diagnoses; Understanding and Misunderstanding Recovery; Misunderstanding Treatments. Do We Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater?References; 3: Social Approaches to Distress: From Enclosures to Fluid Spaces; Enclosing the 'psyCommons'; Everyday Magic and Helpfulness; The Helpful Social; Helpful and Fluid Spaces; Conclusion; References; 4: 'Bike Minded'-Normal Human Encounters (on Bikes); 'Ron'; First Arrival; A Fluid Space; A 'Humanistic Flexibility'; Belonging; 'A Nice Atmosphere'; Waiting Rooms; Conclusion: Some Reflections on Ron's Experience at Bike Minded; References; 5: Fishing and Youth Work, or 'What Is It about Fishing that Makes Life Better'? How We Got to Write the Bid So How Did Our Project Get Started?; What Did We Do on the Project?; Hope and Making Sense Together; Fishing as Knowledge Exchange; Fishing as Calming and Contemplative; Fishing as a Mode of Being; Fishing and Beauty; Conclusion; References; 6: 'Helping Them Hold Up Their World'-Parents of Children with Complex Needs and the Beneficent Organisation; Meet 'the Therapist'; The Importance of the Amaze DLA Therapist: Validation, Finance and Mental Well-being; A Social Perspective on Distress for Parent Carers; References; 7: I'm Singing in the Rain. 'He Who Sings Drives Away Sorrow'-Italian Proverb Case Studies; Canada: Surrey Place Centre; UK: Arts Partnership Surrey; If in Doubt, Sing It Out ... ; A New Identity; Overcoming 'Symptoms'; Spilling Over into Everyday Life; For the Love of Music; Conclusion; References; 8: 'A Place to Be'-A Cut and Shut of the Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project; The Centre; Experiences of Being a Centre User; Different Centre Users, Different Needs; A Place to 'Be' and a Place to 'Do'; A Place to Be; The Provision of a Safe Social Space. Conclusion: Is the BUCFP a Centre for Mental Well-being?References; 9: The Joy of Sex; References; 10: Some Possible Directions for the Future; Building Underwater Sea Empires; The Big Question; 'What about People in Extreme Crisis?'; Capturing versus Enclosing Distress; A Practice Future; References; Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave MacMillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 199 pages), color illustrations
• Subjects: 362.1; Psychology; Community mental health services -- Great Britain; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare; Community mental health services; Community Mental Health Services; Psychology -- Clinical Psychology; Psychology -- Movements -- General; Social Science -- Social Work; Psychology -- Psychotherapy -- General; Clinical psychology; Psychological theory & schools of thought; Social work; Psychotherapy; Psychology, Pathological; Psychology, clinical; Critical psychology; Social service; Psychotherapy; Social work; Psychology -- Psychopathology -- General; Abnormal psychology; Great Britain; Great Britain; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137360991; 1137360992; 1137360984; 9781137360984
• Related ISBNs: 9781137360984
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 7, 2017).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.