The SAGE handbook of mental health and illness

By Anne Rogers, Bernice A. Pescosolido, David Pilgrim

Subjects: Case studies, Mental illness, Mental Health, Mental health, Mental Health Services, Social aspects, Mental Disorders

Description: This title integrates the conceptual, empirical and evidence-based threads of mental health as an area of study, research and practice. It approaches mental health from two perspectives - firstly as a positive state of well-being and secondly as psychological difference or abnormality in its social context.