Looks at the work of Nest in Sri Lanka. Nest provides halfway houses for women with mental health problems who have been discharged from hospital into the community. Community health workers provide psychosocial support to the women in the community.
Looks at the work of Nest in Sri Lanka. Nest provides halfway houses for women with mental health problems who have been discharged from hospital into the community. Community health workers provide psychosocial support to the women in the community.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, hospital discharge, women, community mental health services, happiness;
Describes and analyses mental health theory, practice, tradition and innovation around the world in the context of a diversity of world-views and of problems arising from racism. Argues that psychiatric imperialism at a global level and racist ways of working at an individual level must be combated in order for us to move forward into truly culturally based concepts of mental health. Addresses the possibility of a basis for incorporating ideas from all cultures an approach to mental illness that is universally applicable. Programmes for mental health care must take on board the cultural diversity of humankind, and incorporate a spiritual dimension. If this can be done, it may be possible to look beyond race and culture towards a mental health for all. Contents include: race, culture and racism; mental health and mental disorder across cultures; culture of psychiatry; racism in psychiatry and psychology; psychiatry applied universally; Asian and African 'therapy' for 'mental health problems'; technologies for mental health; mental health for all.
Describes and analyses mental health theory, practice, tradition and innovation around the world in the context of a diversity of world-views and of problems arising from racism. Argues that psychiatric imperialism at a global level and racist ways of working at an individual level must be combated in order for us to move forward into truly culturally based concepts of mental health. Addresses the possibility of a basis for incorporating ideas from all cultures an approach to mental illness that is universally applicable. Programmes for mental health care must take on board the cultural diversity of humankind, and incorporate a spiritual dimension. If this can be done, it may be possible to look beyond race and culture towards a mental health for all. Contents include: race, culture and racism; mental health and mental disorder across cultures; culture of psychiatry; racism in psychiatry and psychology; psychiatry applied universally; Asian and African 'therapy' for 'mental health problems'; technologies for mental health; mental health for all.
Subject terms:
mental health, mental health problems, mental health services, models, multicultural approach, psychiatry, psychotherapy, racial discrimination, spirituality, anti-racist practice, black and minority ethnic people, complementary therapies, cultural identity;