Depression and Globalization (eBook)

The Politics of Mental Health in the 21st Century

Carl Walker (Autor)

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2007 | 2008
XV, 203 Seiten
Springer New York (Verlag)
978-0-387-72713-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This is an important academic text on the political aspects of depression, specifically the relationship between globalization and depression. The text Walker reestablishes the link between mental health research and treatment, along with the political and economical influences outside the world of academic and clinical mental health. Overall, this book accomplishes the task of how closely and inextricably linked these diverse fields are and the way they operate together to produce not only a cultural representation of mental illness but influence the extent and type of mental distress in the 21st century.

Dr. Carl Walker is a post-doctoral fellow based in the department of Mental Health Sciences at the University College-London. Dr. Walker currently manages a European-wide, EC-funded four year research project involving the identifcation risk factors for future episodes of depression for use in a General Practice context.

In addition, Dr. Walker reviews papers for Psychology and Health and books for the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health.

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Depression and Globalisation is an important academic text on the political aspects of depression, specifically the relationship between globalisation and depression. In this text Dr. Walker reestablishes the link between mental health research and treatment, along with the political and economical influences outside the world of academic and clinical mental health. Overall, this book will accomplish the task of how closely and inextricably linked these diverse fields are and the way they operate together to produce not only a cultural representation of mental illness but influence the extent and type of mental distress in the 21st century.

Inhalt

Preface 6
Acknowledgments 11
Contents 12
I: Depression 13
What Is Depression? 14
The Stigma of Depression: History and Context 42
II: Globalization 69
The New Right and the 1980s 70
Globalization: Definitions and Debates 105
III: Mental Health 140
The Structures of Society and Depression 141
The Mental Health Sciences and the Depression Industry 166
Depression and the Future 190
References 198
Index 207

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.9.2007
• Zusatzinfo: XV, 203 p. 1 illus.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Angst / Depression / Zwang
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Global Health • Globalisation • Globalization • Health Economics • health policy • social determinants of health
• ISBN-10: 0-387-72713-2 / 0387727132
• ISBN-13: 978-0-387-72713-4 / 9780387727134