Key Concepts in Mental Health

David Pilgrim is Honorary Professor of Health and Social Policy, University of Liverpool, UK and Visiting Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Southampton. After training and working as a clinical psychologist he completed a PhD examining psychotherapy in the organisational setting of the British NHS. He then went on to complete a Master’s in sociology. He has worked at the boundary between clinical psychology and medical sociology for the past 20 years and has produced over 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals, based upon his research into mental health policy and practice. His years working in the British NHS provided him with extensive everyday experience of the theoretical and policy aspects of mental health expressed in practical settings. One of his books, A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness (3rd edition, Open University Press, 2005), co-authored with Anne Rogers, won the British Medical Association’s medical book of the year award for 2006. Currently he is writing a book on child sexual abuse and public policy.

• Part 1: Mental HealthChapter 1: Mental HealthChapter 2: WellbeingChapter 3: Philosophical Aspects of Mental HealthChapter 4: WorkChapter 5: NeuroscienceChapter 6: Subjective and Objective Aspects of Mental HealthChapter 7: SadnessChapter 8: FearChapter 9: Physical HealthChapter 10: PleasureChapter 11: CreativityChapter 12: SpiritualityChapter 13: Public Mental HealthChapter 14: Childhood AdversityChapter 15: Attachment TheoryChapter 16: Mental Health PromotionPart 2: Mental AbnormalityChapter 17: Psychiatric ClassificationChapter 18: Lay Views of Mental DisordersChapter 19: The Biopsychosocial ModelChapter 20: MadnessChapter 21: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderChapter 22: Temporo-Spatial Aspects of Mental AbnormalityChapter 23: Challenging Conduct in Adults and ChildrenChapter 24: Self-harmChapter 25: Substance MisuseChapter 26: Intellectual DisabilityChapter 27: Causes and Consequences of Mental Health ProblemsChapter 28: TraumaChapter 29: Psychological FormulationsChapter 30: The Myth of Mental IllnessPart 3: Mental Health ServicesChapter 31: Primary CareChapter 32: Secondary PreventionChapter 33: Acute Mental Health ServicesChapter 34: Forensic Mental Health ServicesChapter 35: The Mental Health Service Users’ MovementChapter 36: Service-user InvolvementChapter 37: CarersChapter 38: Mental Health ProfessionalsChapter 39: Biological InterventionsChapter 40: Psychological InterventionsChapter 41: Economic Aspects of Mental HealthChapter 42: The Quality of Mental Health CareChapter 43: Evidence-based PracticeChapter 44: RecoveryChapter 45: CoercionChapter 46: Corruption of CareChapter 47: MalpracticeChapter 48: Challenges for PractitionersPart 4: Mental Health and SocietyChapter 49: Mental Health PolicyChapter 50: SegregationChapter 51: EugenicsChapter 52: Capacity and CulpabilityChapter 53: Anti-psychiatryChapter 54: Labelling TheoryChapter 55: StigmaChapter 56: Social and Cultural CapitalChapter 57: Social ExclusionChapter 58: Social networks and mental healthChapter 59: LonelinessChapter 60: The Mental Health Impact of Social MediaChapter 61: Risks to and from People with Mental Health ProblemsChapter 62: The Mass MediaChapter 63: Social Models of Mental HealthChapter 64: SuicideChapter 65: Social ClassChapter 66: RaceChapter 67: Gender/SexChapter 68: AgeChapter 69: The Pharmaceutical IndustryChapter 70: Warfare