{"product_id":"routledge-international-handbook-of-critical-mental-health-9780367229665","title":"Routledge International Handbook of Critical Mental Health","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eRoutledge International Handbook of Critical Mental Health\u003c\/i\u003e offers the most comprehensive collection of theoretical and applied writings to date with which students, scholars, researchers and practitioners within the social and health sciences can systematically problematise the practices, priorities and knowledge base of the Western system of mental health. With the continuing contested nature of psychiatric discourse and the work of psy-professionals, this book is a timely return to theorising the business of mental health as a social, economic, political and cultural project: one which necessarily involves the consideration of wider societal and structural dynamics including labelling and deviance, ideological and social control, professional power, consumption, capital, neoliberalism and self-governance. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeaturing original essays from some of the most established international scholars in the area, the \u003ci\u003eHandbook\u003c\/i\u003e discusses and provides updates on critical theories of mental health from labelling, social constructionism, antipsychiatry, Foucauldian and Marxist approaches to critical feminist, race and queer theory, critical realism, critical cultural theory and mad studies. Over six substantive sections, the collection additionally demonstrates the application of such theoretical ideas and scholarship to key topics including medicalisation and pharmaceuticalisation, the DSM, global psychiatry, critical histories of mental health, and talk therapy. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBringing together the latest theoretical work and empirical case studies from the US, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and Canada, the \u003ci\u003eRoutledge International Handbook of Critical Mental Health\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the continuing need to think critically about mental health and illness, and will be an essential resource for all who study or work in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce M. Z. Cohen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.69h x 6.85w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367229665\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBruce M.Z. Cohen\u003c\/strong\u003e is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMental Health User Narratives: New Perspectives on Illness and Recovery\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeing Cultural\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePsychiatric Hegemony: A Marxist Theory of Mental Illness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43211416666227,"sku":"9.78037E+12","price":105.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_2815de81-1b0c-47d2-80d3-3d3855cd7a01.jpg?v=1753184306","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/routledge-international-handbook-of-critical-mental-health-9780367229665","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}