Main description:

Social psychiatry is a branch of psychiatry that focuses on the interpersonal and cultural context of mental disorders and mental wellbeing.

This book is a comprehensive guide to social psychiatry for psychiatrists, psychologists and mental health nurses.

Divided into five sections, the text begins with an overview and the basics of social psychiatry.

The following sections cover social dimensions of psychiatric disorders, social interventions and therapies, and social issues and mental health.

The book is presented in an easy to read format and explains both theoretical and clinical aspects of psychosocial assessment and management.

The multidisciplinary text features contributions from worldwide experts, as well as diagrams and tables to enhance learning.

Key points

Comprehensive guide to social psychiatry
Covers both theoretical and clinical aspects of psychosocial assessment and management
Multidisciplinary, international author team
Features diagrams and tables to enhance learning

Contents:

SECTION 1: OVERVIEW

History of Social Psychiatry
Social Psychiatry and Contemporary Society
Social Psychiatry: World Scenario
History of Social Psychiatry in India

SECTION 2: BASICS OF SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY

Concept of Social Psychiatry
The Individual, the Family and the Society in Relation to Psychiatry
Concept, Relevance and Management of Social Cognition Impairments in Psychiatry: A Biopsychosocial Approach
Social Determinants of Behavior
Social Determinants of Personality Development
Interpersonal Bonding and Communication
Psychology of Subpopulations in the Indian Society
Culture, Mythology, and Religion
Social Stressors: Visible and Invisible
Spirituality and Mental Health
Social Aspects of Marriage and Similar Affiliations
Social Dimensions in Psychiatric Epidemiology

SECTION 3: SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

Evaluating Well-being and Health
Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
Social Dimensions of Depressive and Bipolar Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders
Social Dimensions of Substance Use Disorders
Psychosexual Disorders: Social Perspective
Sociocultural Dimensions of Personality Disorders
Suicide and Similar Behaviors
Social Dimensions of Childhood and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders
Psychiatric Disorders in Elderly: An Indian Overview
Physical Comorbidity in Psychiatry

SECTION 4: SOCIAL INTERVENTIONS

Social Support and Networking
Couple Therapies
Family Therapy
Group Therapy
Community Models of Care
Psychosocial Rehabilitation
Preventive Psychiatry
Cultural Intervention

SECTION 5: SOCIAL ISSUES AND MENTAL HEALTH

Stigma of Mental Illness
Migration and Mental Health
Psychiatry in Armed Forces
Legislation and Mental Health
Social Impact of Terrorism and Extremism
Mass Media, Information Technology, and Mental Health
Farmers' Suicides in India: Three Decades of Protracted Issue
Rural Mental Health
Urban Mental Health
Globalization, Market Economy, and Mental Health

Index