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Mental health and inequality
- Authors:
- ROGERS Anne, PILGRIM David
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 278p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
This book examines the relationship between the knowledge base of mental health professionals, evidence about inequalities and mental health service utilization. Starting with a critical appraisal of traditional psychiatric epidemiology, it moves into an exploration of the inequalities created by familial and neighborhood influences, service contact and challenges during the life span. Controversies in mental health debates, about violence and different forms of psychiatric treatment, are discussed within a framework of social inequalities.
Some reflections on 'quality' and 'mental health'
- Author:
- PILGRIM David
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 6(6), December 1997, pp.567-576.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
This article explores the conceptual and practical contradictions which arise when the notions of 'mental health' and 'quality' are discussed together. Points to several difficulties ranging from conceptual confusion to methodological problems about evidence applicability and the dilemma of disaggregating the impact of service inputs from the multi-factorial influence of open community settings. Despite these problems some suggestions are offered about both research and service improvements, with a focus on genuine partnerships between service providers and service users.
A sociology of mental health and illness
- Authors:
- ROGERS Anne, PILGRIM David
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 327p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Maidenhead
- Edition:
- 4th ed.
This fourth edition updates existing chapters and contains a new chapter entitled ‘public health and the pursuit of happiness’ reflecting the recent focus on the creation of mentally healthy societies. The editors aim to further dismantle professional pretensions surrounding the mastery of mental health problems by focusing on the social, economic and political determinants of mental well-being and highlighting the recent and considerable changes in sociology, social psychiatry, policy analysis and therapeutic law. Chapters cover: Perspectives on mental health, including those from psychiatry, psychoanalysis and psychology; Stigma revisited and lay representations of mental health problems; Social class and mental health; Women and men; Race and ethnicity; Age and ageing; Mental health professions; Treatment of people with mental health problems; Organisation of mental health work; Psychiatry and legal control; and Users of mental health services.
Disordered personalities and disordered concepts
- Author:
- PILGRIM David
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 10(3), June 2001, pp.253-265.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Article explores the uncertainties surrounding the diagnosis of personality disorder. Problems in relation to the reliability and validity of the diagnosis are examined, and their implications for our understanding of causation and decisions about intervention are discussed. Because of the difficulties surrounding the diagnosis, some suggestions are offered about an improved inter-disciplinary research agenda. Also because people with this diagnosis create extensive consternation and uncertainty for health and welfare professionals, some suggestions are made about providing an informed and supportive corporate response in localities. Concludes with a discussion of personality disorder and social policy.
A sociology of mental health and illness
- Authors:
- PILGRIM David, ROGERS Anne
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 254p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Buckingham
Provides an overview of the major aspects of the sociology of mental health and illness. Draws on a range of social theories and methods to illustrate points, provides information organised along class, gender, race and age boundaries, and critically analyses the mental health professions. Looks critically at debates around mental health legislation, and examines organisational aspects of psychiatry. Includes a chapter on community mental health work. Concludes with a discussion of the various ways in which psychiatric patients and their relatives can be understood in their social context.