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This Research Handbook is an essential guide to the design and use
of research in mental health policy from a global perspective. It
focuses on public mental health, as well as quasi-public and
private policies in nations with significant private sectors.
Expert contributors explore key mental health policies pertinent to
psychiatric treatment and care, as well as those concerned with
substance abusers and forensic patients. Organised into five parts,
the Research Handbook addresses a wide array of mental health
questions involving particular interventions and policies, ranging
from psychiatric deinstitutionalization to system building, mental
health law, and the human rights of mental patients. In addition,
it considers the pros and cons of both established and emerging
research methodologies, including geographic information systems
and predictive analytics, and ways that these can be effectively
integrated with policy making systems, along with their political,
economic, and socio-cultural environments. This authoritative
Research Handbook will be a key resource for scholars and students
of mental health policy, social policy and welfare states. It will
also be beneficial for policymakers and practitioners involved in
public and private mental health programs.
At the end of all Jane Austen's novels, a social and moral group
emerges that closely resembles a fraternity or sibship. Hudson's
book examines Austen's presentation of sibling love and rivalry in
the context of the social and historical changes in the late-19th
and early-19th centuries. It does so in a way that aims to be of
interest to both the general and the academic reader. The study
also analyzes the incest motif in numerous works of the period and
argues how the handling of incestuous themes in Mansfield Park,
Emma, and Sense and Sensibility represents a new stage in the
development of the English novel.
This book bridges the gap between the counsellor and the specialist
sex therapist, by providing answers to questions raised by patients
or clients about sex, gender and sexuality. It covers physiological
information about genitalia, variations on sexuality, the
differences between men and women in genital sexual arousal and
sexual dysfunctions, an understanding of developmental sexuality
and information as to whether the sex discussed is normal or
pathological. By having a clearer understanding of usual sexual
practices, counsellors can be readily equipped to reassure their
clients, or refer to an appropriate person for specialist referral.
Topics covered include physiological difficulties like erectile
problems, ejaculatory difficulties, vaginismus and dyspareunia, and
loss of sexual desire; gender problems including cross-dressing,
transsexualism and intersex; and psychological problems include
sexual addiction, fetishism and unusual sexual practices. These are
discussed in the context of individual clients and in couple
dynamics, and provide a comprehensive reference for the
non-specialist mental health professional.
Despite its significance in world and American history, the
World War I era is seldom identified as a turning point in southern
history, as it failed to trigger substantial economic, political,
or social change in the South. Yet in 1917, black and white
reformers in South Carolina saw their world on the brink of
momentous change. In a state politically controlled by a white
minority, the war era incited oppositional movements. As South
Carolina's economy benefited from the war, white reformers sought
to use their newfound prosperity to better the state's education
system and economy and to provide white citizens with a better
standard of living. Black reformers, however, channeled the
feelings of hope instilled by a war that would "make the world safe
for democracy" into efforts that challenged the structures of the
status quo. In Entangled by White Supremacy: Reform in World War
I--era South Carolina, historian Janet G. Hudson examines the
complex racial and social dynamics at play during this pivotal
period of U.S. history. With critical study of the early war
mobilization efforts, public policy debates, and the state's
political culture, Hudson illustrates how the politics of white
supremacy hindered the reform efforts of both white and black
activists. The World War I period was a complicated time in South
Carolina -- an era of prosperity and hope as well as fear and
anxiety. As African Americans sought to change the social order,
white reformers confronted the realization that their newfound
economic opportunities could also erode their control. Hudson
details how white supremacy formed an impenetrable barrier to
progress in the region. Entangled by White Supremacy explains why
white southerners failed to construct a progressive society by
revealing the incompatibility of white reformers' twin goals of
maintaining white supremacy and achieving progressive reform. In
addition, Hudson offers insight into the social history of South
Carolina and the development of the state's crucial role in the
civil rights era to come.
Edited by Matthew L. Downs and M. Ryan Floyd, The American South
and the Great War, 1914- 1924 investigates how American
participation in World War I further strained the region's
relationship with the federal government, how wartime hardships
altered the South's traditional social structure, and how the war
effort stressed and reshaped the southern economy. The volume
contends that participation in World War I contributed greatly to
the modernization of the South, initiating changes ultimately
realized during World War II and the postwar era. Although the war
had a tremendous impact on the region, few scholars have analyzed
the topic in a comprehensive fashion, making this collection a
much-needed addition to the study of American and southern history.
These essays address a variety of subjects, including civil rights,
economic growth and development, politics and foreign policy,
women's history, gender history, and military history.
Collectively, this volume highlights a time and an experience often
overshadowed by later events, illustrating the importance of World
War I in the emergence of a modern South.
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