From the Mental Patient to the Person / Edition 1

by Dr Peter Barham, Peter Barham, Robert Hayward

Overview

The aim of contemporary mental health policy is to enable people who have had a severe mental illness to lead relatively independent lives in the community, rather than be sequestered permanently in the large mental hospitals. In recent years plans to hasten the closure of many of these hospitals have become controversial and generated sharp debate about community care. From the Mental Patient to the Person contributes to this debate through an exploration of the experiences of a group of people with a history of schizophrenic illness, who are living in the community.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138974753
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/20/2016
Pages:	172
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr Peter Barham, Peter Barham, Robert Hayward

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The Person in Question 2. Community Mental Patients? 3.On the Edge of the Common 4. Battling on 5. Revaluations 6.Ben: One Person's Journey 7. The Person (Mental Patient) Predicament

Editorial Reviews

'This is an important book, which should be read by all those responsible for mental health policy.' - Anthony Storr, The Independent on Sunday

‘This is a book of interest ot anyone concerned with the social fate of people with a long history of schizophrenic illness... It has implications for all who are concerned with the implementation of current social policies to re-establish psychiatric patients in the community.' - Rosemary Morrison , International Social Work

From the Publisher

In the context of government policy decisions to close mental hospitals and integrate the mentally ill into larger society, two British psychologists argue that public attitudes will have to change dramatically before such a program can work. They trace a number of people with histories of schizophrenia through their experiences trying to live in the general community, considering such themes as housing, poverty, stigma, medication, psychiatric services available, and the meaning of madness. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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