Social Support and Psychiatric Disorder

Research Findings and Guidelines for Clinical Practice

T S Brugha editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:26th Jul '07

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A critical evaluation of research into the impact of social support on mental health with implications for mental health management and intervention.

This second volume, in a series looking at the social dimensions of mental illness, collates and critically examines current knowledge on social support as it impacts on mental health. From biological mechanisms through to psychological and social theory, this text will act as a valuable resource for practitioners in their evaluation of social and psychological treatments.This second volume, in a series looking at the social dimensions of mental illness, collates and critically examines the information currently available on social support as it impacts on mental health. The international team of contributors, each actively involved in both clinical and research work in this field, collectively covers the whole range of perspectives from biological mechanisms through to psychological and social theory. An overview of the latest published evidence and a description of the nature and origins of social support are followed by evidence from observational studies and specific interventions and trials. The text concludes with a summary which will act as a valuable resource for practitioners in their evaluation of social and psychological treatments, and should also serve to stimulate further research and intervention trials. Practitioners and researchers in psychiatry, psychology and social work are certain to welcome this timely guide.

"This book succeeds in describing the interactional complexity of social support systems, and presenting the challenge of empirically evaluating the contributions of social networks to human well-being. The presentation and evaluation of preventative and therapeutic interventions challenge the clinician to find new ways to incorporate social systems theory into treatment strategies." Patricia M. Meaden, Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal
"...a great deal of timely, relevant information in an accessible, intriguing manner and is well worth reading." Mary Ellen McNaughton-Cassill, Ph.D., The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
"This valuable and well-designed book focuses on an issue of central importance for clinicians-the impact of social support on mental disorder....This is a book that makes accessible to clinicians and mental health administrators some of the advances in social psychiatry..." Richard Warner, M.B., D.P.M., Psychiatric Services

ISBN: 9780521038058

Dimensions: 228mm x 152mm x 20mm

Weight: 543g

364 pages