The First Resort: The History of Social Psychiatry in the United States
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Social psychiatry was a mid-twentieth-century approach to mental health that stressed the prevention of mental illness rather than its treatment. Its proponents developed environmental explanations of mental health, arguing that socioeconomic problems such as poverty, inequality, and social isolation were the underlying causes of mental illness. The influence of social psychiatry contributed to the closure of psychiatric hospitals and the emergence...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0231203934
ISBN13:9780231203937
Release Date:January 2023
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:424 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.5" x 8.4"
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