Social determinants and mental health / Sabine Bährer-Kohler, editor.
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TextSeries: Psychology research progress series | Mental illnesses and treatmentsPublisher: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2012]Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781613243534
- 1613243537
- 1620817802
- 9781620817803
- 362.2 22
- RC455
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Foreword: introduction to the book -- 2. The social determinants of mental health: an international perspective -- 3. The present and future importance of social determinants, aspects of political implementation for Switzerland -- 4. Psycho-social determinants of mental health -- 5. Discrimination and mental health -- 6. Social capital and mental health exploring the impact of individual and community social capital on mental health status in Spain -- 7. Social participation and mental health -- 8. Social networks and mental health -- 9. Social support and mental health: social support and mental health in ageing and old age -- 10. Service utilization and mental health: the facts -- 11. Housing, homelessness and mental health -- 12. Residential situations and mental health: mental health issues in nursing homes -- 13. Socioeconomic factors and mental healthcare -- 14. Nutrition and mental health -- 15. Rural communities and mental health -- 16. Lifespan perspective: child mental health: socioeconomic inequalities and family resources -- 17. Lifespan perspective: between risk and protection: social influences on adolescents' mental health -- 18. Lifespan perspective: social determinants of health and promotion of mental health in old age -- 19. Lifespan perspective: importance of social determinants to the elderly: the case of the super-aged society of Japan -- 20. Lifespan perspective: loneliness in older persons: correlates and outcomes -- 21. Prevention and mental health -- 22. Self-management and mental health -- 23. Conclusion.
Mental health and mental illness are many-faceted and related to social, psychological and biological factors. In this context, the aspect of the social determinants of health is perhaps the most complex and challenging of all. The term 'social determinants of health' describes the conditions in which people are born, grow up, live, work and age, which includes the health system. This book is dedicated to these complex and continually varying determinants, keeping in mind that as early as 2005 the WHO instituted a commission to deal with the social determinants of health. The substance of this book is a discourse about health and, more particularly, mental health.
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