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Unique new book providing an overview and critical analysis of developments in Irish mental health policy, practice and law from 1945 to the present day, in the context of key emerging theoretical concepts. * Written by leaders in the field, the book is presented in three distinct sections, which examine: * The context for mental health care and support in 21st-century Ireland * Emerging developments in mental health service delivery and law * The implications of current trends for mental health policy, practice and law in Ireland in the future. * Addresses key issues relating to recent changes in approaches to mental health care and implications for mental health practitioners, such as: * The shifting discourse around conceptions and treatment of mental distress * The move from expert-led care to recovery-orientated, partnership-based support * The challenge posed to service development by minority and marginalised groups * The changing interface between the legal and mental health care systems * The complexity of economic evaluation of mental health services * The paradox of mental health service provision in a risk-averse society. * Reviews the Mental Health Act 2001, the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006, the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Irish Government's mental health policy, A Vision for Change. * Presents an invaluable resource, based on recent academic and informally published literature, in the field of mental health in Ireland. Written For: *Undergraduate and postgraduate students in mental health nursing, psychology, social work, occupational therapy and psychiatry *Also suitable for students of medicine, social policy, disability studies, speech and language therapy and anyone with an interest in mental health

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Author:   Dr. Agnes Higgins ,  Shari McDaid
Publisher:   Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Imprint:   Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.494kg
ISBN:  

9780717159802

ISBN 10:   0717159809
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   28 April 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword Eddie Molloy Foreword Ivor Browne Contributors' Profiles Section 1: Context for Mental Health Service Delivery in 21st-century Ireland 1. Introduction: Struggle and contestation in the field of mental health Agnes Higgins and Shari McDaid 2. Mental hospital institutionalisation and deinstitutionalisation in Ireland Damien Brennan 3. Medicalisation and professionalisation of mental health service delivery Liam Mac Gabhann 4. Shadow lives: Social exclusion of and discrimination against people with experience of mental or emotional distress Shari McDaid Section 2: Emerging Developments in Response to Mental Distress 5. Recovery and the recovery ethos: challenges and possibilities Agnes Higgins and Paddy McGowan 6. Empowerment and the emergence of an Irish user/survivor movement Liz Brosnan 7. Peer support and mutual help as a means to recovery Dr Mike Watts 8. The paradoxical role of families in mental health Shari McDaid and Agnes Higgins 9. Mental health needs of minority ethnic communities in Ireland: contexts and controversies Rebecca Murphy and Gerry Leavey 10. 'A state of semi-lunacy'? The marginal status of drinking problems within the Irish mental health system Shane Butler 11. The interface between mental health and the criminal justice system: legal and policy perspectives Darius Whelan and Michael Brennan Section 3: Emerging Issues and Implicationsfor the Future 12. Current trends in the economics of mental health care in Ireland Brendan Kennelly 13. Emerging issues in the law within a changing human rights framework Mary Keys 14. Risk and the risk society: the impact on the mental health services Michael Nash, Jo Murphy-Lawless and Marina Bowe 15. Challenging the dominance of the pharmaceutical industry in psychiatry David Healy 16. Into the future: promoting mental health and democratising support for people 1with mental health problems Agnes Higgins, Shari McDaid and Paddy McGowan

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Agnes Higgins, RPN, RGN, RNT, BNS, MSc, PhD, is a professor in Mental Health Nursing at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin. Shari McDaid, BA, MA (SocSci), PhD, is director of the national coalition Mental Health Reform and has worked in social policy in Ireland for over ten years.

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