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A Short Introduction to Clinical Psychology gives an accessible overview of the field for psychology students and anyone considering training as a cli...
A Critical Sociological Account
For most of us, the term 'recovery' in mental health implies hope and normality for those suffering from emotional distress. It is understandable why ...
A vital text for studying the effects of mental health and illness on a society This bestselling textbook provides a clear overview of the major aspec...
Where Did It All Go Wrong?
Identity politics have taken a strong hold on modern society, in particular online on social media platforms. But to what extent have they contributed...
Stories from the Jim Crow Museum
All groups tell stories, but some groups have the power to impose their stories on others, to label others, stigmatize others, paint others as undesir...
This is the first dedicated text to explain and explore the utility of critical realism for psychologists, offering it as a helpful middle ground betw...
A Remarkable Experience of Black Education during Jim Crow
Between 1910 and the mid-1920s, more than sixty black students from the South bravely traveled north to Ferris Institute, a small, mostly white school...
Now in its 4th edition, this text continues to give you a complete and concise overview of mental health and all the issues that surround it from a th...
Clinical psychologists are trained in a professional culture which stresses the primacy of research knowledge and the development of skills. Yet, as D...
How do we understand mental health problems in their social context? A former BMA Medical Book of the Year award winner, this book provides a sociolog...
A critical realist exploration
David Pilgrim PhD is Professor of Health & Social Policy in the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology at the University of Liverpool....
A Multidisciplinary Perspective
On the part of the patient, healthcare demands unconditional trust in the professional. But what is the nature of this trust, and to what extent is it...
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`This is a very important book.... This is a book that clearly challenges those of us who subscribe to a view of the self in relationship with society...
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Accessible, entertaining and ultimately optimistic, this book deserves to become a core text for planners, managers and all those working in the field...
A Psycho-Social Exploration
The emergence of Thatcherism around 1980, which ushered in a period of neo-liberalism in British politics that still resonates today, led musicians, l...
UpstreamโDownstream Connections
This book explores how people encounter, understand, live with and respond to health risks associated with social, economic and political inequality. ...
Moral Panic or State of Denial?
Child sexual abuse is a major public policy challenge. Many child protection measures were beginning to reduce its occurrence. However, that progress ...
Using Racist Memorabilia to Teach Tolerance and Promote Social Justice
Understanding Jim Crow introduces readers to the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, a collection of more than 10,000 contemptible collectibles tha...
Segregation in Public Higher Education
Upstream-Downstream Connections
"This book explores how people encounter, understand, live with and respond to health risks associated with social economic and political inequality. ...
Recent controversies about mental health services suggest the need for a fuller debate about the management of madness and the reduction of mental dis...
This text examines the relationship between the knowledge base of mental health professionals, the evidence about inequalities and the utilization of ...
A Critical Introduction
With Mental Health Policy in Britain, Anne Rogers and David Pilgrim present an introduction to the debate regarding the management of mental health se...
Reality and Potential
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