Download or read book Influencias sociales y psicol gicas en la salud mental written by José L. Alvaro and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En este libro se realiza un examen de los principales factores sociales y psicológicos que determinan la salud mental de los individuos y se analizan detalladamente las investigaciones que, desde un enfoque psicosocial, han abordado el estudio de la salud mental. Conscientes de que dicho estudio no puede ser realizado desde una perspectiva exclusivamente psiquiátrica o psicológica, los autores de esta obra presentan al lector un conjunto de investigaciones y reflexiones teóricas que permiten analizar en qué medida las diferentes circunstancias sociales pueden llegar a transformarse en desequilibrios psicológicos, y cómo diferentes recursos psicosociales y estrategias de afrontamiento pueden servir como reductores del negativo impacto psicológico de sucesos vitales estresantes. Alta es la incidencia de los problemas de salud mental en las sociedades industriales avanzadas, y patente la necesidad de diseñar programas de intervención comunitaria que palien sus consecuencias. Este libro aporta una contribución valiosa para la comprensión de los factores etiológicos de la enfermedad mental y para el diseño de programas que reduzcan los efectos que determinados factores sociales tienen sobre el bienestar psicológico de las personas. De ahí que su lectura ofrezca la oportunidad no sólo de conocer las aportaciones de la psicología social al estudio de la salud mental, sino también la posibilidad de ahondar en la reflexión sobre el apasionante campo de la salud mental.

Download or read book Psicolog a social y enfermedad mental written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Abordaje psicosocial de personas con enfermedad mental severa De la cronicidad a la recuperaci n written by Elisa Gallach Solano and published by Bubok. This book was released on 2010-10-11 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La esquizofrenia y otrosproblemas del espectro psicótico constituyen hoy en día uno de los principalesproblemas científicos, sanitarios y sociales y no en vano en 2007 el SistemaNacional de Salud aprobó la Estrategia de Salud Mental donde se establecían las principales recomendaciones en esta materia, y más recientemente, en diciembre de 2009 fue publicada por este mismo Ministerio deSanidad la Guíade Práctica Clínica de intervenciones psicosociales en el trastornomental grave, donde se elaboran medidas y protocolos de actuación. Sin embargo, hace yavarias décadas, profesionales y familiares se anticiparon y desdediferentes plataformas sanitarias, asociativas y sociales anivel mundial, pusieron en funcionamiento programas, redes, yestructuras vinculadas a la atención socioasistencial de personas en permanenteriesgo de exclusión social, como son las personas con enfermedad mental severa. En la Comunidad Valenciana,esta iniciativa se efectuó desde el propio proceso de deshospitalizaciónen los años 80 de una forma irregular por diferentes equipos de profesionales.Destacable es la actuación realizada por el Equipo de Salud Mental de Aldaia,(Valencia) que realizó y continúa realizando, una encomiable labor derehabilitación psicosocial y reinserción sociolaboral desde una perspectivaintegral e integradora. En este monográfico sobreRehabilitación Psicosocial, trato de recoger las principales líneas deintervención vigentes. He estructurado ejemplar en tres grandes bloques.El primero, de naturaleza introductora, analiza los conceptos básicos desde elmodelo biopsicosocial, superando el modelo organicista, para incorporar el término de ?recuperación o recovery?, sin el cual no se podrían comprenderlos innumerables cambios que tienen lugar en el individuo, su familia y elentorno y que favorecen su integración social y su adaptación comunitaria. Elsegundo, corresponde a la metodología, técnicas, prácticas ysistemas de evaluación de programas, procedimientos que nos permiten valorizarobjetivos, métodos y resultados propuestos. El tercer bloque, incluye un conjuntode capítulos, que constituyen programas de intervención todos ellosprobada eficacia en Rehabilitación Psicosocial.En definitiva, se trata deofrecer a los profesionales una visión actualizada e instrumental aunquenecesariamente no exhaustiva, de los paradigmas principales de la Rehabilitación Psicosocial.

Download or read book Gu a pr ctica de detecci n de problemas de salud mental written by Berta Ausín Benito and published by Ediciones Pirámide. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: De acuerdo con los estudios epidemiológicos más recientes, los trastornos de salud mental afectan a una de cada cuatro personas. Por ello, no es algo ajeno cuando hablamos de personas con trastornos mentales, hablamos de nosotros mismos, de nuestros padres, de nuestros hermanos, parejas e hijos. Aunque en la actualidad existen tratamientos efectivos para los trastornos mentales más importantes, la mayoría de los afectados por problemas de salud mental tardan entre ocho y quince años en solicitar ayuda profesional o, incluso, no llegan a pedirla. En muchos de esos casos es debido al desconocimiento y a la falta de información especializada. Desde este punto de vista, es muy importante que profesionales que trabajan en la salud o en cualquiera de los distintos ámbitos de actividad humana -psicólogos, profesores, médicos de atención primaria y otras especialidades, personal de enfermería, trabajadores sociales, abogados, entrenadores deportivos, coaches, etc.- sean capaces de detectar problemas psicológicos en las personas con las que trabajan o las que atienden y así poder orientarlas mejor. No se trata, ni mucho menos, de suplantar a los profesionales de la salud mental, sino de optimizar un proceso que, de facto, ya ocurre. Los primeros que identifican los síntomas iniciales de los trastornos mentales suelen ser las personas más próximas, por supuesto los familiares, pero inmediatamente después se sitúan los profesionales de todo tipo que interactúan con los afectados. Esta obra tiene como principal objetivo el de dotar a todos los profesionales, especialistas o no en salud mental y estudiantes en formación que trabajan o van a trabajar con personas, de estrategias útiles y prácticas para detectar problemas psicológicos y de salud mental y ayudarles a desarrollar habilidades que permitan eliminar el estigma de la enfermedad mental y garanticen el mejor tratamiento para todas las personas, en todas las etapas de su vida (cont.)

Download or read book Familia y enfermedad mental written by Isidoro Berenstein and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Violencia y trastornos mentales written by Enrique Echeburúa Odriozola and published by Ediciones Pirámide. This book was released on 2018-09-13 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El objetivo de esta obra es analizar la relación existente entre la violencia y los trastornos mentales, que, en cualquier caso, es compleja y multidireccional. Los protagonistas de las conductas violentas no son, habitualmente, enfermos mentales, sino sujetos normales con graves déficits psicológicos y de socialización. Sin embargo, las personas con un trastorno mental severo, si se encuentran descompensadas, pueden, en determinadas circunstancias, cometer actos violentos, en muchos casos impredecibles. La violencia ejercida por personas con un trastorno mental grave puede dirigirse hacia otras personas de su entorno o desconocidas, pero más frecuentemente se orienta contra ellas mismas en forma de conductas suicidas. Asimismo, estos pacientes, en lugar de ser protagonistas de la violencia, se convierten muchas veces en víctimas de ella porque cuentan con menos recursos psicológicos y son más vulnerables a la acción desaprensiva de los sujetos o grupos violentos, como ocurre, por ejemplo, en el caso de las personas con algún tipo de discapacidad intelectual. Además, este manual quiere contribuir a combatir el estigma asociado a la enfermedad mental, que es padecido especialmente por los propios pacientes y sus familias. Por decirlo en otras palabras, la mayoría de las personas con un trastorno mental, sobre todo si están adecuadamente tratadas y cuentan con un apoyo familiar y social, no son violentas. No se justifica, por ello, el recelo social existente. Este texto, acompañado de un valioso prólogo del profesor Santiago Redondo, es de gran interés para los estudiantes y profesionales de la psicología, especialmente del ámbito clínico y forense, de la criminología y de la psiquiatría, así como para los familiares de los pacientes con un trastorno mental grave y para los responsables de las políticas de salud pública. (cont.)

Download or read book Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health written by Carol S. Aneshensel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-11-22 with total page 627 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook describes ways in which society shapes the mental health of its members, and shapes the lives of those who have been identified as mentally ill. The text explores the social conditions that lead to behaviors defined as mental illness, and the ways in which the concept of mental illness is socially constructed around those behaviors. The book also reviews research that examines socially conditioned responses to mental illness on the part of individuals and institutions, and ways in which these responses affect persons with mental illness. It evaluates where the field has been, identifies its current location and plots a course for the future.

Download or read book Raz n locura y sociedad written by Franco Basaglia and published by Siglo XXI. This book was released on 1978 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La enfermedad y la locura son contingencias a las que está expuesto todo ser humano. Pero cómo, cuándo, en qué forma y bajo qué condiciones sociales perder su salud o su razón el individuo, dependerán decisivamente de su condición de clase. De allí que la racionalidad instrumental del capitalismo ha promovido toda una serie de ítécnicasî y ísaberesî cuyo proyecto implícito es el de velar, desplazándolo, el origen de sus conradicciones. Analizar la lógica oculta de estas contradicciones y la ideología de sus encubrimientos y manipulaciones, es el propósito de los ensayos aquí reunidos.

Download or read book Social Causes of Psychological Distress written by Catherine E. Ross and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A core interest of social science is the study of stratification--inequalities in income, power, and prestige. Few persons would care about such inequalities if the poor, powerless, and despised were as happy and fulfilled as the wealthy, powerful, and admired. Social research often springs from humanistic empathy and concern as much as from scholarly and scientific curiosity. An economist might observe that black Americans are disproportionately poor, and investigate racial differences in education, employment, and occupation that account for disproportionate poverty. A table comparing additional income blacks and whites can expect for each additional year of education is thus as interesting in its own right as any dinosaur bone or photo of Saturn. However, something more than curiosity underscores our interest in the table. Racial differences in status and income are a problem in the human sense. Inequality in misery makes social and economic inequality personally meaningful. There are two ways social scientists avoid advocacy in addressing issues of social stratification. The first way is to resist projecting personal beliefs, values, and responses as much as possible, while recognizing that the attempt is never fully successful. The second way is by giving the values of the subjects an expression in the research design. Typically, this takes the form of opinion or attitude surveys. Researchers ask respondents to rate the seriousness of crimes, the appropriateness of a punishment for a crime, the prestige of occupations, the fair pay for a job, or the largest amount of money a family can earn and not be poor, and so on. The aggregate judgments, and variations in judgments, represent the values of the subjects and not those of the researcher. They are objective facts with causes and consequences of interest in their own right. This work is an effort to move methodology closer to human concerns without sacrificing the scientific grounds of research as such. The

Download or read book Culture and Social Psychiatry written by Marvin Opler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-20 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brilliant and engrossing work of social synthesis, replete with profound insights, opens up new vistas on the relationship between culture and mental health. The author uses his own extensive findings and his abundant knowledge of the cross-cultural studies in psychiatry, anthropology, and sociology to demonstrate that throughout history mental disorders have been closely linked with the prevailing culture and have thus changed in kind and extent. Opler's classic Culture, Psychiatry, and Human Values has here been revised and expanded to nearly twice the size of the original work. The new materials present in greater depth the author's views on the connection between culture and mental health and broaden the perspectives of theory and research on cultural change and development, the migration of acculturating populations, and the resulting shifts in diagnostic and therapeutic problems brought about by the stresses of the modern world. By enriching a survey of cultural evolution with fertile cross-cultural comparisons and a discussion of the interaction between culture and personality, Opler adds to our knowledge of the etiology and treatment of mental illnesses in primitive societies as well as among more advanced ethnic groups and subcultures in today's metropolis. Of particular significance at a time when social and community psychiatry has assumed a major role all over the world, this pioneering work is must reading not only for students of culture and personality, psychiatrists, social scientists, and workers in community health programs, but also for the educated reader concerned about these critical problems of our day.

Download or read book Social Order Mental Disorder written by Andrew Scull and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-24 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Order/Mental Disorder represents a provocative and exciting exploration of social response to madness in England and the United States from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. Scull, who is well-known for his previous work in this area, examines a range of issues, including the changing social meanings of madness, the emergence and consolidation of the psychiatric profession, the often troubled relationship between psychiatry and the law, the linkages between sex and madness, and the constitution, character, and collapse of the asylum as our standard response to the problems posed by mental disorder. This book is emphatically not part of the venerable tradition of hagiography that has celebrated psychiatric history as a long struggle in which the steady application of rational-scientific principles has produced irregular but unmistakable evidence of progress toward humane treatments for the mentally ill. In fact, Scull contends that traditional mental hospitals, for much of their existence, resembled cemeteries for the still breathing, medical hubris having at times served to license dangerous, mutilating, even life-threatening experiments on the dead souls confined therein. He argues that only the sociologically blind would deny that psychiatrists are deeply involved in the definition and identification of what constitutes madness in our world – hence, claims that mental illness is a purely naturalistic category, somehow devoid of contamination by the social, are taken to be patently absurd. Scull points out, however, that the commitment to examine psychiatry and its ministrations with a critical eye by no means entails the romantic idea that the problems it deals with are purely the invention of the professional mind, or the Manichean notion that all psychiatric interventions are malevolent and ill-conceived. It is the task of unromantic criticism that is attempted in this book.

Download or read book Social Class and Mental Illness written by August de Belmont Hollingshead and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1958 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the final report of one part of a research project carried out by a team of social scientists and psychiatrists which examined the interrelations between social stratification and mental illness in an urbanized community centered in New Haven, Connecticut. The research reported here focused on two questions: Is mental illness related to social class? Does a mentally ill patient's position in the status system affect how he is treated for his illness? To answer these questions the authors studied the social structure of the community, the psychiatric patients in treatment, the institutions where they are cared for, and the psychiatrists treating them. Successive chapters tell the story of how members of the community became patients, how they and their families responded to psychiatric intervention, and the effects of social class on patients and therapists. The book ends with some recommendations on what our society could do about improving socially determined shortcomings of psychiatric practice. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved).

Download or read book The Social Nature of Mental Illness written by Leonard Bowers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Len Bowers offers a critique of the theories of mental illness as a social construct. He examines the rationality of these theories, what they might mean, and in which cases they are to be accepted or rejected.

Download or read book Social Psychology and Mental Health written by Henry Wechsler and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book From Social Class to Social Stress written by Matthias C. Angermeyer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The association between social class and psychiatric disorder has been one of the central topics of socio-epidemiological research since its inception. With remarkable consistency, numerous investigations have demonstrated an inverse correlation between social class and prevalence rates for most forms of psychopathology. The debate on the interpreta tion of these findings - social causation versus social selection processes - continues to this day. Moreover, the question as to what the psychoso cial processes are through which social class and individual psychopa thology are mediated has remained mostly unanswered. The concept of social stress may well provide new insights in this regard. One should note, in particular, the considerable conceptual and methodological progress made in life event research. Recently, the first attempts have been made to link the two concepts of social class and social stress. These developments will be retraced in this book in the light of new investigations. Descriptive epidemiological studies on the relation between social class and psychiatric disorders form the point of depar ture. Explicit reference is made to two classical studies in psychiatric epidemiology: Faris and Dunham's Chicago study and the New Haven study by Hollingshead and Redlich. Following on from there, various approaches in analytical epidemiological research are presented which attempt to determine whether - or, more precisely, to what extent - social causation or social selection processes can be said to be responsible for the higher rates of psychiatric disorders in lower social strata.

Download or read book Psychology and Rural Contexts written by Jáder Ferreira Leite and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together a selection of theoretical reflections, empirical researches and professional experiences to showcase the increasing production of psychological studies in rural contexts developed in Latin America in recent years. Psychology’s tradition of science and eminently urban profession has produced a void of reflections and approaches on important actors of the societies that constitute their existence in rural contexts and in relation – whether of integration, conflicts and contradictions – with urban agents. But a new generation of psychologists are turning their attention to rural contexts, especially in Latin America. This volume aims to present a selection of these psychological studies and interventions developed in rural contexts from a psychosocial and interdisciplinary perspective, developed together with various social actors who live and work in rural spaces, that have an important relationship with land and nature both in terms of the elaboration of their history, the production of their subjectivities and identity ties with the territory, and the engagement in struggles for the right to land and for public policies that guarantee access to education and health services, technical assistance and infrastructure for its working activities. The book is divided in five parts, each one dedicated to a dimension of psychosocial studies and interventions in rural contexts: theoretical approaches; mental health and rural populations; social movements, communities and resistance practices; gender relations and subjectivation processes; and environment and sustainability. Chapters in each axis prioritize reports of experiences and research conducted with participatory approaches, producing new perspectives and reflections that contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the field of psychology, both regionally and globally.

Download or read book The Social Creation of Mental Illness written by Raymond Cochrane and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1983 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: