Improving Mental Health through Social Support - Building Positive and Empowering Relationships (Paperback)

Social support is the everyday assistance offered by family, friends, neighbours and colleagues, as well as the foundations of support in a range of non-clinical settings, and plays a vital role in a person's mental health and wellbeing. This book examines the nature of social support and offers a practical approach to how it can be enhanced. Focusing on the relationships between service users and supporters , it examines service users' experiences of issues of identity, stigma, social exclusion and social networks. Individual chapters look in depth at how social support is enacted in close relationships, educational institutions and in the world of employment. The nature of 'community' is explored with particular reference to how service users can be supported into greater engagement with social networks. Demonstrating the importance of social perspectives on mental health, this book is essential reading for practitioners, students and educators in mental health, social and community work, community mental health nursing and occupational therapy.

General

Imprint:	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2014
Authors:	Jonathan Leach
Dimensions:	229 x 156 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-1-84905-518-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Care of the mentally ill Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > Mental health services
LSN:	1-84905-518-1
Barcode:	9781849055185

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