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Improving Mental Health Through Social Support de Jonathan Leach

Improving Mental Health Through Social Support

Autor Jonathan Leach
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 dec 2014
The social support someone receives or has access to plays a vital role in their mental health and wellbeing. This accessible book examines the nature of social support and how it can be enhanced, focusing on relationships between service users and supporters. This is an important book for mental health professionals, social workers and students.
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ISBN-13: 9781849055185
ISBN-10: 1849055181
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 156 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS

Notă biografică

Jonathan Leach is a lecturer in mental health at The Open University, UK, and chair of Tandem, a mental health befriending organisation in Oxford, UK, where he lives. He is past Chair of the UK's National Vocational Rehabilitation Association and formerly lectured on a post-graduate disability and employment course at City University in London. Having previously spent ten years working in a mental health and employment voluntary sector organisation and another three years researching the support needs of students with mental health problems, Jonathan has had a long and practical interest in social aspects of mental health.

Textul de pe ultima copertă

Social support refers to the everyday help and reassurance that friends, relatives, colleagues and others give each other throughout their lives. Social support can protect against mental distress and help people to deal with the effects of mental health problems. Since the majority of service users spend most of their time in social rather than medical or psychotherapeutic settings, it is essential that mental health and social care practitioners have an understanding of the dynamics of social support in order to work more effectively with service users. This book explores the nature of interactions between service users and their informal supporters and carers, whilst also considering the implications for providers of services. The nature of social support is examined both in informal settings such as friendship groups, families and communities, as well as in more formal contexts such as educational institutions and workplaces, and consideration is given to how such support can be fostered.

Cuprins

Preface. 1. A friend in need? Rediscovering social support. 2. Social aspects of mental health and distress. 3. Understanding social support. 4. Close up and personal: the importance of supportive relationships. 5. Education matters: support in schools, colleges and universities. 6. Working it out: support in the workplace. 7. The bigger picture: communities, social networks and social support. 8. Making it happen. 9 Conclusion. References. Index.